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Bureau of Indian Standards

• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for photovoltaic CONSUMER AFFAIRS
systems, devices & components - 5 product categories
notified in 2017.
• Registrations in 45 countries
Activities April 2019 -
• Surveillance is carried out by MeitY March 2020
• Time norms: Consumer Awareness Programmes 199
- Grant of Registration: 20 Working days Educational Utilization of
- Grant of Inclusion: 10 Working days
Standards Programmes 27
Item As on 31.03.2020 State Level Committee Meetings 08
Total number of operative licences 15500 Industry meets with licensees,
manufacturers, industry, Chambers
Number of new licences
granted in 2019-20 5009 of Commerce etc., 69

HALLMARKING SCHEME ACTION RESEARCH

Item As on 31.03.2020
Research has become increasingly collaborative. Synergetic
No. of jewelers registered 30626
collaborations can result in substantial advantages for all
Number of recognized Assaying & parties involved, through pooling of resources to build
HM Centers 915 world-class research facilities and by accelerating
Number of Referral Assaying Labs 03 knowledge transfer. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), has
signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with
Number of Gold jewellery/Artefacts many institutes of eminence engaged in avantgarde
hallmarked in 2019-20 3.8 crores
research, for collaboration in the field of standardization
and conformity assessment, with co-operation in R&D
including setting up of research infrastructure, being one of
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM the objectives.

To encourage IIMs & IITs, to promote research in
standardization, BIS would sponsor the scholarship
Item As on 31.03.2020
provided to the students of IIMs/ IITs, engaged in research
Total number of Licences 1284 in Standardization related topics, subject to the same
Number of new licences financial and administrative conditions, as applicable in the
granted in 2019-20 80 respective Institutes. If research is initiated and pursued,
keeping in mind, its applicability in the field of
standardization, it would be easier to contextualize the
LABORATORY TESTING findings and the conversion of the knowledge generated
from such research into ‘Standards’ would be seamless.
Surveys and Impact Assessment Studies are also being
• Eight BIS laboratories.
undertaken, by students of reputed Institutions, engaged as
- CENTRAL LAB: 01 (Sahibabad - It was first to be set up in 1962) interns, to gather realistic data to facilitate evidence-based
- REGIONAL LABS: 04 (Chennai, Kolkata, Mohali & Mumbai) decisions related to formulation of National Standards.
These surveys also assess the impact of Standards and also
- BRANCH LABS: 03 (Bangalore, Guwahati & Patna)
the loss to the national economy and consumer interest due
• 246 outside recognized laboratories. to non-implementation of Standards.
• More than 250 specialized Government laboratories The research activities of the Bureau are guided by the
empaneled by BIS. Research Advisory Committee, under the Chairpersonship
• 3 Referral laboratories of BIS for Gold/Silver Assaying. of Director General, BIS with Members from key research
• No. of samples tested in BIS Laboratories: (April 2019 to organizations in the country and Deputy Director General
March 2020): 25050 (Policy, Research and Training) as the Member Secretary.

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