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STANDARDS FORMULATION LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Items As on • BIS elected as TMB member (2020-2022)
31.03.2020 • Member in Standardization Management Board (SMB)
Total number of Standards 20845 of IEC since 2015 (elected for second term 2018- 2020)
Product Standards 10296 • Secretariat of 10 ISO Committees.
Number of proposals/applications • Convenership of 22 working groups of ISO and 8
received for new/revised standards working groups/ task groups/ management team of IEC.
in 2019-20 1510
• BIS is also actively involved in the Regional cooperation
Number of Standards made in 2019-20 under South Asian Association for Regional Co-
(Indian & adopted) 1091 operation (SAARC).

Number of standards reviewed in 2019-20 3198
Number of standards revised in 2019-20 347 Item As on 31.03.2020
Number of standards in the process of Total number of licences 35623
development and revision 1744 UndeZr voluntary
Number of standards harmonized with certification:
ISO/IEC standards 6169 21436 (60.17%)
Under mandatory
certification:
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 14187 (39.82%)
Large scale
Licences:
• Founder member of International Organization for 5443 (15.28%)
Standardization (ISO) Small Scale
Licences:
• Represents India in the International Electrotechnical 30179 (84.71%)
Commission (IEC)
Number of standards covered 976
• Works as WTO-TBT Enquiry Point for India.
under licences (Mandatory & Mandatory: 211
• 30 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) & 07 Bilateral Voluntary) Voluntary: 765
Agreements.
Number of licences issued 4159
• Indian standards harmonized with International
in 2019-20 (Mandatory &
Standards, wherever possible. Voluntary)
• Membership Status in International Standardization Total visits to premises of 5096
Committees:
applicants in 2019-20
ISO (667) IEC (170) Total inspections to premises of 9407
P member: 470 P member: 96 licencees in 2019-20

O member: 197 O member: 74 Total lot inspections for
clearing lots of cylinders/valves/
regulators in 2019-20 6804
PRODUCT CERTIFICATION

• Started in 1955 under ISI Certification Marks Act, 1952
• Voluntary in nature
• Mandatory Certification through Quality Control Orders
(QCOs) by various Ministries of Government of India -
211 products.

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