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Bureau of Indian Standards

Being the national standards body, the key activity of BIS is standardization. Standards
development is a collaborative effort of the concerned stakeholders. Standardization also
involves coordination between various bodies engaged in standards development in specific
domains. Such cooperation and coordination is necessary throughout the standards
development and implementation processes involving the government policy makers,
manufacturing industries, service providers and the technical committees operating at
national as well as international level. I am pleased to inform you that BIS, through its
technical committees, has formulated a large no. of standards addressing these areas
which include:

• Standards promoting energy efficiency such as Induction Motors, LED Lamps,
Ceiling Fans, Distribution Transformers, Electric Geysers
• Standards for use of non-conventional energy resources such as solar photovoltaic,
solar thermal, and wind energy
• National Building Code of India, which covers extensive provisions for sustainable
and safe construction practices, integrated water and waste management, and
building services, operations etc.
• Standards on environment friendly bio-fertilizers which help in restricting the use of
chemical fertilizers, thereby improving the soil health.
• Standards on Bio-fuels, synthetic fuels/alternate fuels used in Industrial
Automotive, marine and aviation sectors.
• Standards on Life Cycle Assessment Principles, Framework & Requirements and
Guidelines for green manufacturing practices.

In this era of globalization, digitalization and converging technologies, the importance of
International standards is increasing rapidly. Therefore, it becomes important that we
actively participate in standardization work of International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in order to
ensure that our views and needs get addressed appropriately in the international standards.
As far as India’s participation in technical work at international level is concerned, BIS, on
behalf of India is a participating member in 481 Technical Committees of ISO, which are of
interest to India. Presently, BIS holds the Secretariat responsibilities of 11 Technical
Committees of ISO. India also holds the convenorship for 26 working groups.

BIS is also responsible for the Indian National Committee of IEC since 1949, performing
various responsibilities as the member body of the IEC Council. Presently, BIS is a
participating member in 98 Technical Committees of IEC and holds convenorship of 12
working groups. A sizeable number of Indian Standards have been harmonized with
ISO/IEC Standards to facilitate acceptance of Indian products in the international market.

As with formulation, implementation of standards is equally important, BIS has taken
initiatives for creating awareness about the standards already formulated and strengthening
stakeholder participation, Standardization Cells have been created by various Govt.
Departments and Industry Associations.

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