Bureau of Indian Standards and its Certificate

BIS or Bureau of Indian Standards is a national body whose work is to maintain the safety, quality, and reliability of the Indian products. Recently BIS has established 8 central, 4 regional and 3 branch laboratories to accomplish their purpose of testing samples to verify whether they are suitable to be sold in the market or not. Therefore the entire products in the market come along with a BIS certificate that ensures that:

• Products are safe for public health
• The Products are of good quality
• These products don’t have any hazardous effect on the consumers
• Consumers can confidently trust the products.

Products that require BIS certification

Government keeping in mind the safety and health of the general public had made it mandatory for the following products to have BIS certificate before selling their products in the market:

• Household electrical appliances
• Food and food products
• Cement
• Capacitors
• Electric transformers and motors
• Chemicals and fertilizers
• Steel and products made with stainless steel
• Batteries
• Oil pressure stoves
• Automobile accessories
• Medical equipment
• Cylinder, valves, and regulators

Different types of BIS Certification Schemes

1.   ECO Mark Scheme: This scheme is basically for the products that are environment-friendly and conform to the basic standards under the Indian standards.

2.   Foreign Manufacturer’s Certification Scheme: It was launched in the year 2000 for overseas applicants and foreign manufacturers.

3.   Schemes for Domestic Manufacturers:

• Normal Procedure: in this procedure, the applicant applies for the BIS certificate and BIS officers come for preliminary factory evaluation and the license is issued to the person within 4 to 6 months of applicant’s recording.
• Simplified Procedure: it has been introduced to provide a pace to the procedure of granting the license to an applicant. In the simplified procedure, applicants can expect to get their certificate within the 30 days of submission of an application for BIS certificate.

As concluded BIS certificate is mandatory for certain business to be carried out in India. To get a BIS certification for your products within 90 days you can contact Enterslice advisors.