- Standards Development process in India is largely government led with BIS acting as National Standard Body.
- Established under BIS Act 2016.
- Involved in harmonious development of activities of standardization, certification. marking and quality
- Administered by Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution with its Minister being President of BIS.
Other initiatives for standards development:
- Standards National Action Plan (SNAP)
- Indian National Strategy for Standardization (INSS)
- Quality Council of India (QCI) and its Scheme for Accreditation of Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs)
- One Nation One Standard Scheme of BIS.
Some certification of BIS
- ISI: Used for standard industrial products in India. Mandatory for some products like electronics and voluntary for others.
- BIS Hallmark: Hallmarking system for the sale of precious metal like gold and silver jewellery which certify the purity of the metal.
- ECO Mark: For labeling of environment friendly products.
