BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS ACT, 2016
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The Bureau of Indian Standards Act 2016 established the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as India's national standards body. The objectives of the Act are to develop standards for goods, services, and systems; enable mandatory certification regimes; provide multiple conformity assessment schemes; and boost compliance through penalties. The BIS operates several certification schemes including for products, systems, foreign manufacturers, hallmarking of precious metals, and eco-friendly products. It also establishes laboratories to test products' conformity with standards.
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS ACT, 2016
- 1. B U R E A U O F I N D I A N S TA N D A R D S A C T, 2 0 1 6 NAME – SOURAV ROLL NO – 143 SECTION – H
- 2. I N T R O D U C T I O N • BIS is the National Standard Body of India established under the BIS Act 2016 for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto BIS has been providing traceable and tangible benefits to the national economy in a number of ways – providing safe reliable quality goods; minimizing health hazards to consumers; promoting exports and imports substitute; control over proliferation of varieties etc. through standardization, certification and testing.
- 3. O B J E C T I V E S O F B I S A C T, 2 0 1 6 • To set up the BIS or Bureau of Indian Standards as the National Standards Body of India • Inclusion of goods, services and systems apart from articles and processes under the standardisation regime • Enabling GoI to bring mandatary certifications regime such as article process or service considered vital from viewpoint of health, safety, environment, prevention of deceptive practices, establishment of peace and security and so forth • This will assist consumers to receive ISI certified products and prevent import of below par products • There will be multiple types of simplified conformity assessment schemes such as SDOC/ Self Declaration of Conformity against any standard to give multiple simplified options to manufacturers for standards adherence and certificate of conformity for improving the ease of doing business • Enable the Centre to appoint any authority alongside BIS for verifying conformity of products and services to a standard and issue certificate of conformity
- 4. • Enabling GoI to implement mandatory hallmarking of precious metal articles • Boosting penal provisions for better and more effective compliance and compounding of offence for violations • Providing recall, including product liability of products associated with the Standard Mark yet not conforming to relevant Indian Standards • Repeal of the BIS Act 1986
- 5. F U N C T I O N S O F B I S FOR PROTECTING THE CONSUMER FROM HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS FOR PROMOTING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE FOR PROVIDING A SAFEGUARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH FOR PROVIDING QUALITY ASSURANCE
- 6. S C H E M E S O F C E R T I F I C A T I O N C O V E R E D U N D E R B I S Product Certification Scheme – Applicable for tangible products; with some products classified under compulsory certification. System Certification Scheme – Applicable for systems/ process Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme - Applicable for foreign manufacturers who are engaged in the sale of their products in India. Hallmarking – Applicable for articles made from precious metals like gold and silver ECO Mark Scheme – Applicable for products affecting or related to the environment
- 7. P R O D U C T C E R T I F I C AT I O N • The Product Certification Scheme of BIS aims at providing Third Party Guarantee of quality, safety and reliability of products to the customer • Product Certifications are to be obtained voluntarily • Presence of ISI certification mark, known as Standard Mark, on a product is an assurance of conformity to the specifications • The manufacturer is permitted to self certify the licenced products after ascertaining its conformity to the Standard
- 8. P E N A L T Y In order to safeguard the interest of consumers against spurious marking/misuse of ISI mark, penal provision exists in BIS Act 2016 under section 33 , as per which any person who contravenes the provisions of Section 11, Section 12, Section 14 or Section 15 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend upto one year or with a fine which may extend upto Rs. 50,000 or with both
- 9. F O R F O R E I G N M A N U F A C T U R E R S •Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has been operating a Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme (FMCS) since the year 2000 under BIS Act, 2016 and Rules & Regulations framed there under. •Under FMCS, licence is granted to a Foreign Manufacturer for use of Standard Mark on a product that conforms to an Indian Standard.. •The Scheme is applicable for grant of licence for all products except Electronics & IT Goods notified by MeitY •The licence is granted by Foreign Manufacturers Certification Department (FMCD) located at BIS Headquarters, New Delhi.
- 10. H A L L M A R K I N G Hallmarking is the accurate determination and official recording of the proportionate content of precious metal in precious metal articles Hallmarks are thus official marks used in many countries as a guarantee of purity or fineness of precious metal articles The BIS Hallmarking Scheme has been aligned with International criteria on hallmarking The recognition of an Assaying and Hallmarking Centre is done against IS 15820
- 11. E C O M A R K S C H E M E • The Government of India has instituted a scheme for labeling of environment friendly products to be known as ECO Mark. The scheme is being administered by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The Ecomark Scheme covers various product categories like Soaps and Detergents, Paints, Food Items, lubricating oils, Packaging materials/Package, Architectural Paints and Powder Coatings, Batteries, Electrical and electronic goods, Food Additives, Wood Substitutes, Cosmetics, Aerosols and Propellants, Plastic Products, Textiles, Fire-extinguisher, Leather and Coir & Coir Products.
- 12. L A B O R AT O R Y S E R V I C E S • To protect consumer’s interest , BIS operates various conformity assessment schemes. Under these schemes, BIS grants licenses/registrations to such manufacturers who are capable of producing goods conforming to relevant Indian Standards, on continuous basis. To support these scheme, which requires testing of products on regular basis for checking conformity to the relevant Indian Standards, BIS has established a network of eight laboratories.
- 13. M A N D AT O R Y C E R T I F I C AT I O N S C H E M E • Mandatory certification scheme is bifurcated into ISI (Indian Standards Institute) Mark Scheme and Compulsory Certification Scheme (collectively referred to as 'Standard Mark'). ISI Mark Scheme is applicable for products such as cement, electrical appliances, baby food, etc. and Compulsory Certification is required mostly for IT/ electronic products. For procurement of the BIS certificate, the manufacturer has to ensure that the product is in compliance with the 'Indian Standard'.
- 14. Chemicals Civil Engineering Electronics and Information Technology Electro technical Food and Agriculture Mechanical Engineering Management and Systems Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning Metallurgical Engineering Petroleum Coal and Related Products BIS IS ENGAGED IN FORMULATION OF INDIAN STANDARDS FOR THE FOLLOWING SECTORS
- 15. Production & General Engineering Transport Engineering Textile Water Resources EACH OF THESE SECTORS HAS A DIVISION COUNCIL TO OVERSEE AND SUPERVISE ITS WORK BIS IS ENGAGED IN FORMULATION OF INDIAN STANDARDS FOR THE FOLLOWING SECTORS
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