(a) whether the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) takes a long time to issue ISI mark to any product;
(b) if so, whether the Government have given directions to the Bureau of Indian Standards to expedite its process of issuing licences; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI V. SREENIVASA PRASAD)
(a) : The existing time norms for grant of Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS) licence is 120 days. After an application is
received from a manufacturer, the licence to use BIS Standard
Mark is granted by BIS after satisfying itself that the
applicant, inter alia, has the requisite manufacturing and
testing facilities and capabilities to ensure that the product,
for which BIS licence is sought, will continuously conform to
the specifications laid down in the relevant Indian Standards.
The samples of the product taken up during the preliminary
inspection of the manufacturing plant should also pass the test
conducted by approved independent laboratory. The delay in the
process of granting licence occurs only when the
applicant/manufacturers are not able to show compliance to the
specifications stipulated in the relevant Indian Standards.
(b) & (c): Yes, Sir. BIS is endeavoring to reduce the
existing time norm of grant of licence from 120 days to 100
days through internal measures including delegations of powers
to the Branch Offices of the BIS to grant licence.