CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT IN INDIA

BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

GENESIS OF BISGENESIS OF BIS

INDIAN STANDARDS INSTITUTION [NOW KNOWN AS BUREAU OF INDIANSTANDARDS( BIS)] SET UP ON 6 JANUARY 1947

• BIS IS FUNCTIONING UNDER MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION, GOVT OF INDIA

• NATIONAL STANDARDS BODY OF INDIA

• OBJECTIVES

DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDIZATION AND QUALITY CONTROL IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARENA

PRODUCT CERTIFICATION SCHEME

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND EXPORTS

CONSUMER PROTECTION

TECHNICAL REGULATIONS IN INDIASome Acts/Regulations/Control Orders to regulate trade in India :Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003Fruit Products Order, 1955Meat Food Product Order 1973Milk and Milk Product Order 1992Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986Standards on Weight and Measurement Act 1976Livestock Importation Act 1898AGMARK Act 1937

Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963

Essential commodities Act,1955

Indian Explosives Act,1884

Energy Conservation Act, 2001

INDIA – REGULATORY AGENCIES

IMPORTANT AGENCIES INVOLVED IN QUALITY REGULATION

Directorate General of Health Services Directorate General of Foreign Trade Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion Directorate of Marketing and Inspection Department of Agriculture & Cooperation Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying Department of Legal Metrology Bureau of Energy Efficiency Chief Controller of Explosives Directorate General of Mines Safety Ministry for Road Transport Central Pollution Control Board Bureau of Indian Standards

Certification Activities of BIS

- Product Certification

• Scheme for Indian Manufacturers

• Foreign Manufacturers Scheme

• Indian Importers Scheme

• Hallmarking of Gold and Silver Jewellery

- Management Systems Certification

• Quality Management System (IS/ISO 9001)

• Environmental Management Systems (IS/ISO 14001)

• Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (IS18001)

• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) (IS 15000 – CODEX based)

• Service Quality Management System (IS/ISO 15700)

• Information Security Management System (IS/ISO 27000)

• Food Safety Management System (IS/ISO 22000)

Certification Activities of BIS (Contd.)

OPERATING UNDER AN ACT OF INDIAN PARLIAMENT (BIS ACT 1986)OFFERS THIRD PARTY ASSURANCE, BASED ON WELL DEFINED SCHEME OF TESTING AND INSPECTION AND ENSURING ADEQUACY OF IN-PROCESS QUALITY CONTROL.BASICALLY VOLUNTARY IN NATURE.

68 PRODUCTS ARE HOWEVER COVERED UNDER MANDATORY CERTIFICATION DUE TO REASONS OF HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY.

OPERATED THROUGH A NETWORK OF 5 REGIONAL,33 BRANCH AND 5 INSPECTION OFFICES THROUGHOUT INDIA WITH HEADQUARTERS AT NEW DELHI.

Certification Activities of BIS (Contd.)

Supported by:

- Testing Laboratories. BIS Labs Other Labs

All Accredited by National Laboratory Accreditation

Scheme according to ISO/IEC 17025

Traceability to APLAC/ILAC.

PRODUCT CERTIFICATION

ISO TYPE 5 SCHEME

Modeled on ISO Guide

28

Conforms to ISO Guide

65

Voluntary Scheme

Almost1000

Products

TYPE 5 SCHEME

Type testing and assessment of factory quality control

and its acceptance followed by surveillance that takes

into account audit of factory quality control and testing of

samples both from factory and open market

CERTIFICATION PROCESS[A] GRANT OF LICENCE

ApplicationManufacturer

Preliminary Inspection Testing of

Samples

Testing of Samples

Acceptance of STI

Acceptance of MF

GRANT OF LICENCEGRANT OF LICENCE

CERTIFICATION PROCESS[B] MONITORING/SURVEILLANCE

LICENSEELICENSEE

Surprise visits

Testing in Factory

Market Samples

Testing in

Independent Labs

Complaint/Feedback Investigation

Renewal of Licence

every ONE/TWO

Years

Review of

Performance

Mandatory BIS Certification

68 Products

• Cement

• Gas Cylinders

• Electrical Wires, Cables, Appliances and Protection Devices and

Accessories

• Infant Milk Products

• Pressure Stoves

• Steel & Steel Products (w.e.f 13 05 2008)

• Packaged Drinking Water and Natural Mineral Water

• Thermometers

Certification Scheme for Foreign Manufacturers and

Indian Importers

Scheme for Foreign Manufacturers 93 licences granted in 16 countries such as France,

UAE, South Korea, Nepal, Switzerland, Thailand Bhutan,China,etc.

Products certified include Packaged Drinking Water, Cement, Wood Products, Steel Products, Milk Products, Clinical Thermometers, Energy Meters, Electrical Appliances & Switchgear items etc.

• Scheme for Indian Importers 5 licences granted for Strainer Type Filter, small size

Spark plug Ignition Engines

Quality Management Systems Certification

• ISO 9000 adopted in 1988• Certification Launched in Sep 1991• RvA accreditation - 23 technology sectors• No. of licences in operation – 1400• Operating under an Act of Parliament (BIS Act 1986).

ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

CERTIFICATIONCERTIFICATION• BIS ADOPTED ISO 14000 SERIES OF STANDARDS

• CERTIFICATION STARTED – 1997

• SECTORS COVERED CEMENT, TEXTILES & ALLIED PRODUCTS NUCLEAR, THERMAL AND STEEL PLANTS ENGINEERING & CHEMICAL UNITS

IECQ

BIS WAS APPROVED AS CERTIFYING MEMBER UNDER IECQ SYSTEM IN MAY 1989 OPERATION OF IECQ IN INDIA

BIS - NATIONAL AUTHORIZED INSTITUTE (NAI) - OVERALL RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGEMENT BIS - NATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION (NSO) - FORMULATION OF STANDARDSSTQC - NATIONAL SUPERVISORY INSPECTORATE (NSI) - APPRAISAL AND SURVEILLANCENPL - NATIONAL CALIBRATION SERVICES (NCS) – AND OTHER REGIONAL LABS OF STQC (CALIBRATION SUPPORT SYSTEM)

The IECEx Scheme

• Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmospheres

• Single international certification scheme

• Provides for a single IECEx certificate of conformity

• India has become a Member Body in August 2006 and is in the process

of becoming a certification body.

BASIC PRINCIPLE

The CB Scheme is based on the principle of Mutual Recognition by its Members of Test Certificates for the purpose of issuing third-party certification Marks at National Level.

IECEE CB SchemeIECEE CB Scheme

CB Scheme

IECEE CB SCHEME

IEC SYSTEM FOR CONFORMITY TESTING AND CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

• POPULARLY KNOWN AS CB SCHEME

• INITIALLY INTRODUCED AS SAFETY CERTIFICATION SCHEME

• PRESENTLY COVERS WHOLE GAMUT OF CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS

• BIS AND STQC AS NCBs BUT NO DUPLICATION

• TESTING LABS UNDER CB SCHEME.

LABORATORY TESTING

8 CAPTIVEBIS LABS

MORE THAN 100

LABS RECOGNISED

TEST1650

PRODUCTS

MORE THAN 30 000 SAMPLES TESTED

ANNUALLY

6 LABORATORIES ACCREDITED TO ISO 17025