Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Effective April 3rd, 2013 the Indian Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEIT) issued the Compulsory Registration Order 2012. Certain products are now required to comply with Indian safety standards and obtain BIS registration before they can be imported, distributed or sold into India. The number of product categories is quickly expanding.

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body provided traceable and tangible benefits to economy in a number of ways by providing safe, reliable, quality goods; minimizing health hazards to consumers; promote exports and imports substitute; control over proliferation of varieties etc.

BIS has its Headquarters at New Delhi and its 05 Regional Offices (ROs) are at Kolkata (Eastern), Chennai (Southern), Mumbai (Western), Chandigarh (Northern) and Delhi (Central).

We help clients to file application, set-up laboratories for testing, corrective actions and factory inspection and in all other necessary follow up with Bureau of Indian Standards. We assist the domestic and foreign manufacturers to comply with norms of regulatory bodies like bureau of Indian standards. Licensing from BIS provides third party guarantee of quality, safety and reliability of products to the end-user.

Presence of ISI certification mark on a product is an assurance of conformity to the standard specifications. This mark of certification is proof of your organization’s commitment to quality, while also acting as a benchmark to measure your progress towards an improved business performance.

BIS Registration is compulsory for all electronic products which are identified by DEITY in their mandatory list of products for BIS Registration. This Registration Scheme is applicable for all those Indian and Foreign Manufacturers who want to sell or export their products in India. This scheme is driven by Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DEITY, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India) and executed by Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS), Head Office Delhi.

It allows the licensees to use the popular ISI mark on their product, which is synonymous with quality products.

Some of the items for which BIS Registration is Mandatory

Electronic Games (Video)
Laptop / Notebook / Tablets
LED / LCD TV
Optical Disc Players 200W and Above
Microwave Ovens
Visual Display Unit / Monitor Equal or Above 32”
Printer / Plotters
Scanner
Wireless Keyboards
Telephone Answering Machines
Amplifiers 2000w and Above
Electronic Musical Systems 200w and Above
Electronic Clocks with Main Powers
Set Top Box
ADP : Server / Projector / Data Processing Device

UPS and Inverters ≤ 5KVA
LED Control Gear (Driver)
Secondary Batteries – Rechargeable
LED Bulbs and Lamps
LED Luminaries
Mobile Phones
Cash Registers
Point of Sale Terminals
Photo Copy Machines
Smart Card Readers
Franking Machines
Passport Reader
Power Banks
Power Adaptors for IT Equipment
Power Adaptors for Audio and Video

ISI Licensing Scheme

As per the legislation of Indian Parliament, India has a number of product certifications or product authorization procedures and several agencies have legal rights to regulate these certifications methodologies. Several of these product authentication marks are provided to various manufacturing organizations prior to launching their products in the market. There are several certifications that are given as advisory status. The Bureau of Indian Standards which is acknowledged as the nationwide standard organization in India holds the authoritative power for providing certifications of industrial products and industrial standardization marks. On the other hand, agencies like Department of Telecommunications ( controlled by Ministry of Communications & Information Technology) are instrumental in accrediting wireless as well as telecommunication product.

1.Domestic Manufacturers Certification Scheme is offered via below mentioned procedures that include:

i. Normal Procedure

Submission of properly filled application form, relevant documents and fee is mandatory for any production unit that intends to get BIS license. The manufacturing unit should submit these documents to the branch office of its own jurisdiction. After completion of registration process, the BIS personnel will conduct verification procedures to ensure potentiality of the production unit or the applicant to meet the norms of Indian Standard. Parameters like technical proficiency of professionals of that manufacturing organization and its product testing infrastructure are judged as part of this verification process. Both independent checking and on site product sample testing are conducted to judge capability of applicant or production unit. BIS license is provided in case the product sample clears required tests, if the basic assessment of product quality is up to the specified standard of BIS, if the applicant concurs to enforce necessary testing or checking procedure and if the applicant makes payment of requisite fee. In case all the above mentioned procedures are conducted systematically, then the applicant is granted BIS license within a span of four months after registering. It may take six months if the product is licensed to be marketed across in India.

ii. Simplified Procedure

As a part of this procedure, the person applying for BIS license has to register testing documents from designated laboratories with his/her application form. The license is provided if BIS personnel are satisfied with their onsite scrutinizing procedure, if the applicant accepts to impose required checking and testing procedures and when the applicant makes full payment of license fee. Although independent sample testing is an essential part of onsite checking procedure of BIS, yet, this testing is not considered as a prerequisite for approving BIS license. But the test report is used later for review procedure.

2. Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme:

Manufacturers or applicants located in abroad are given license for ISI authorization under different scheme within duration of six months.

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)