Bureau of Indian Standards
Indian organization for developing standards
Bureau of Indian Standards
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is India's National Standards Body under the Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India. It's a statutory body created by the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016, which came into effect on 12 October 2017. BIS formulates Indian standards, operates product, system and service certification schemes, including the ISI mark and the Compulsory Registration Scheme for electronics, administers hallmarking of gold and silver jewellery, and enforces the mandatory standards that the central government imposes through Quality Control Orders. The organisation traces its origins to the Indian Standards Institution (ISI), established as a registered society by the Department of Industries and Supplies in January 1947, which the bureau superseded on 1 April 1987 under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986. The new Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act 2016, notified on 22 March 2016, came into force...
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