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Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Overview of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

BIS is a short form of the Bureau of Indian Standards, the national standards body of India established under the BIS Act 2016. It has been established for the harmonious development of standardization, marking, and quality assurance of goods and incidental or related matters. BIS provides traceable and tangible benefits to the national economy by providing safe and reliable quality goods, reducing health risks to consumers, promoting import and export options, controlling the spread of varieties, standardization, certification, and testing.

BIS is involved in various activities for the benefit of consumers and they are as follows:

  1. Compulsory Registration Scheme
  2. standard formulation
  3. Foreign Manufacturer Certification Scheme
  4. Product Certification Scheme
  5. Hall Marking Scheme
  6. Sales of Indian Standards
  7. Laboratory Services
  8. Laboratory identification scheme
  9. Customer Transaction Activities
  10. Information Services
  11. Promotional activities
  12. Training services, nationally and internationally

In India, BIS issues BIS Certificates to customers to provide third-party assurance of the safety, quality, and reliability of goods. Our country’s government has mandated public health considerations for certain products. BIS certification aims to increase consumer trust and confidence in products, assure quality, protect consumers from hazardous products, and protect public health.

Manufacturers of electronic products listed under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) obtain BIS certification. The Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) was notified in 2012 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The ministry also passed an order in 2012 that a person cannot manufacture, distribute, or store goods for sale or import that are not compliant. Bear a standard mark as per Indian standards and with BIS unique registration number as specified in the order.

Following Types of BIS Certification?

  1. BIS CRS
  2. FMCS Certification
  3. ISI Mark/ Certification
  4. Hallmark
  5. Recognition of Assaying and Hallmarking Centre
  6. BIS Laboratory Recognition Scheme
  7. Management System Certification
  8. ECO Mark Certification

Product Covered Under BIS Certification

Products Covered Under Mandatory Certification: Scheme – I (ISI Mark Scheme)
  1. Cement
  2. Household Electrical goods
  3. Batteries
  4. Oil Pressure Stoves
  5. Automobile Accessories
  6. Cylinder, Valves and Regulator
  7. Medical Equipment
  8. Steel and Iron Products
  9. Electrical Transformers
  10. Electrical Motors
  11. Capacitors
  12. Chemicals, Fertilisers, Polymers & Textiles
  13. Kitchen Appliances
  14. Domestic Water Heaters for use with LPG
  15. Air Conditioner and its related Parts, Hermetic Compressor and Temperature Sensing Controls
  16. Plugs and Socket-Outlets and Alternating Current Direct Connected Static Prepayment Meters for Active Energy
  17. Domestic Gas Stoves for use with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
  18. Transparent Float Glass
  19. Domestic Pressure Cooker
  20. Cables
  21. Rubber Hose for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
  22. Aluminium Foil
  23. Non-Electric Toys
  24. Electric Toys
  25. Flat Transparent Sheet Glass
  26. Safety Glass
  27. Woven Sacks
  28. Butterfly Valves
  29. Reflectors for Bicycles
  30. Paper
  31. Cattle Feeds
  32. Automobile Wheel Rim Component
  33. Foot Wear
  34. Press Tool-Punches
  35. Helmet for riders of Two-Wheeler Motor Vehicles
  36. Refrigerating Appliances
  37. Centrifugally cast (spun) iron pipes
  38. Flux Cored (Tubular) Electrodes
  39. Sewing Machine
  40. Water Treatment System
  41. Jute Bag
Product Under Mandatory Certification Scheme- IV (Grant of Certification of Conformity)
  1. Stamping/laminations/cores of transformers (with or without winding)
  2. Requirement of Retro-Reflective Devices for Bicycles
Products Under Mandatory Certification: Scheme – II (Registration Scheme)
  1. Electronic Games (Video)
  2. Laptop/Notebook/Tablets
  3. Plasma/ LCD/LED Televisions of screen size 32″ & above
  4. Optical Disc Players with built-in amplifiers of input power 200W and above
  5. Microwave Ovens
  6. Visual Display Units, Video Monitors of screen size 32″ & above
  7. Printers, Plotters
  8. Scanners
  9. Wireless Keyboards
  10. Telephone Answering Machines
  11. Amplifiers with input power 2000W and above
  12. Electronic Musical Systems with input power 200W and above
  13. Electronic Clocks with Mains Powers
  14. Set-Top Box
  15. Automatic Data Processing Machine
  16. Power Adaptors for IT Equipment
  17. Power Adaptors for Audio, Video & Similar Electronic Apparatus
  18. UPS/Invertors of rating≤5kVA
  19. DC or AC Supplied Electronic Control gear for LED Modules
  20. Sealed Secondary Cells/Batteries containing Alkaline or other non-acid Electrolytes for use in portable applications
  21. Self-Ballasted LED Lamps for General Lighting Services
  22. Fixed General-Purpose LED Luminaries
  23. Mobile Phones
  24. Cash Registers
  25. Point of Sale Terminals
  26. Copying Machines/Duplicators
  27. Smart Card Readers
  28. Mail Processing Machines/Postage Machines/Franking Machines
  29. Passport Reader
  30. Power Banks for use in portable applications
  31. Recessed LED Luminaries
  32. LED Luminaires for Road and Street lighting
  33. LED Flood Lights
  34. LED Handlamps
  35. LED Lighting Chains
  36. LED Luminaires for Emergency Lighting
  37. UPS/Inverters of rating ≤ 10kVA
  38. Plasma/ LCD/LED Television of screen size up to 32″
  39. Visual Display Units, Video Monitors of screen size up to 32″
  40. CCTV Cameras/CCTV Recorders
  41. Adapters for household and similar electrical appliances
  42. USB driven Barcode readers, barcode scanners, Iris scanners, Optical fingerprint scanners
  43. Smartwatches
  44. Standalone LED Modules for General Lighting
  45. Lighting Chain (Rope Lights)
  46. Keyboard
  47. Induction Stove
  48. Automatic Teller Cash dispensing machines
  49. USB Type External Hard Disk Drive
  50. Wireless Headphones and Earphones
  51. USB Type External Solid-State Storage Devices (above 256 GB capacity)
  52. Electronic Musical System with input power below 200 Watts
  53. Standalone Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS)with an output voltage of 48 V (max)
  54. Television other than Plasma/ LCD/LED TVs
  55. Rice Cooker
  56. Wireless microphone
  57. Digital Camera
  58. Video Camera
  59. Webcam (Finished Product)
  60. Smart Speakers (with and without Display)
  61. Dimmers for LED products
  62. Bluetooth speakers
List of Solar Photovoltaics, Systems, Devices and Components under Compulsory Registration Scheme- Notified by Ministry of New and Renewable
  1. Crystalline Silicon Terrestrial Photovoltaic (PV) modules (Si wafer-based)
  2. Thin-Film Terrestrial Photovoltaic (PV) Modules (a-Si, CiGs and CdTe)
  3. Power converters for the use in photovoltaic power system
  4. Utility –Interconnected Photovoltaic inverters
  5. Storage battery
Low – Voltage switchgear and control gear-Notified by the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
  1. Low – Voltage switchgear & control gear: Circuit – Breakers
  2. Low – Voltage switchgear & control gear: switches, disconnectors, switch disconnectors and fuse – Combination units
  3. Low – Voltage switchgear & control gear: electromechanical contactors and Motor – starters
  4. Low – Voltage switchgear & control gear: AC semiconductor motor controllers and starters
  5. Low – Voltage switchgear & control gear: AC semiconductor motor controllers and contactors for non – Motor loads
  6. Low – Voltage switchgear & control gear: electromechanical control circuit devices
  7. Low – Voltage switchgear & control gear proximity switches
  8. Low – Voltage switchgear & control gear: electrical emergency stops devices with mechanical latching function
List of chemicals notified by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
  1. Ortho Phosphoric Acid
  2. Polyphosphoric Acid
  3. Trimethyl Phosphite

Documents required to BIS certification.

BIS demands a number of documents, as shown below, for the issuance of BIS Certification to the applicant:
  1. Name and Address proof of the applicant and the factory.
  2. Proof of Establishment of Manufacturing Unit such as Certificate of Incorporation or
  3. Registration Certificate, MOA, etc.
  4. SSI or MSME Certificate
  5. Details of Outsourcing of the manufacturing process
  6. Layout plan
  7. Location plan of the factory
  8. Manufacturing Process Flow
  9. Detailed List of Machinery involved
  10. List of Testing equipment and facilities
  11. Calibration Certificates of testing equipment
  12. 3rd party laboratory test report as per the Indian Standards
  13. If an authorised signatory signs the Application, an authorisation letter from the CEO in the name of the authorised signatory
  14. In the case of Overseas or foreign manufacturers, the Indian Agent and Nomination Form details.
  15. Technical details of products, such as PCB Layout, Schematic Diagrams, User Manual and Critical Components List
  16. Acknowledgement receipt
  17. Letter of Consent from CEO of Company
  18. Undertaking and Affidavit attested with ID Proof and signature of the approved Indian Representative (in case of the foreign or overseas manufacturer)
  19. Original Test Reports from BIS Laboratory
  20. Undertaking related to the test report

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