Relevance:
Recently, the 76th Foundation Day of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) was celebrated and various initiatives were launched by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
News Summary:
- Standards National Action Plan (SNAP) 2022-27 –
- It plays an important role in steering the national standardization efforts by meeting the emerging technologies and concerns of sustainability and climate change.
- Revised National Electrical Code of India 2023 or NEC 2023 –
- It provides guidelines for regulating Electrical Installations practices across country.
- Revision includes latest International best practices and addition of special locations like Hospitals, Community facilities, Hotels, etc. [India’s 1st NEC: 1985]
- Revision Exercise of National Building Code of India (NBC 2016) –
- Revision of NBC to include Sustainable city planning norms; New and sustainable building materials, etc.
- Standards Clubs in Schools –
- It aims to expose science students of class 9th and above to the concepts of Quality and Standardization through student centric activities.
- Training courses –
- Designed by National Institute of Training for Standardization (NITS) for national capacity building for judicious implementation of NBC 2016 and NEC 2023.
- Portal for Mapping of Industrial Units and Laboratories
Bureau of Indian Standards:
- Established under the BIS Act 1986, assuming the functions of the erstwhile Indian Standards Institution (ISI) which was established in 1947.
- Ministry – Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
- BIS Act 2016 established the BIS as the National Standards Body of India.
- Common BIS Standards –
- BIS Hallmark: Mandatory standard for gold and silver jewellery
- ISI Mark: Standards compliance mark for industrial products
- Ecomark: Labeling of environment friendly products.
- Product Certification Scheme: Applicable for tangible products.
- Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme: Overseas applicants/foreign manufacturers are granted a license for the use of the ISI mark.
- System Certification Scheme: Applicable for systems/processes.
Consider the following statements: (2017)
- The Standard Mark of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is mandatory for automotive tyres and tubes.
- AGMARK is a quality Certification Mark issued by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a). 1 only
b). 2 only
c). Both 1 and 2
d). Neither 1 nor 2
Reference: PIB
