BIS-CRS Registration (BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS)

What is BIS-CRS Registration ?

BIS stands for bureau on Indian standards organization it is the national body of India. BIS was established in year 1986 to ensure the safety, quality of goods sold by companies for the benefit of people. In the year 2012, CRS (Compulsory Registration Scheme) was introduced by the DeitY (Department of Electronics and Information Technology) nowadays it is called as the MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) along with the BIS. Under the scheme launched by these various departments it states that any electronic product manufactured the manufactures of that product must get their product registered before launching it in the Indian market.

BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) registration is mandatory for all electronic products listed under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) in India. Both domestic and foreign manufacturers must obtain BIS certification to import or sell goods in the Indian market. The DeitY (Department of Electronics and Information Technology) mandates certification for 83 product categories, including mobile phones and laptops. Any manufacturer found trading without this certification will face penalties under the BIS Act.

Duties Of BIS-CRS Registration​

When was introduced, was brought up with some duties to fulfil the various requirement of the Indian market for the safety of the buyers. BIS makes sure that the product we are purchasing is verified and is safe to use. Some of the duties of BIS are as under.

• The very first duty lies in providing national standards to the consumers and those standards must be of present time and user-friendly. The national standards must focus on the new developing technologies as well as must focus on the consumer’s interest.
• Secondly the BIS must actively participate when formulating the international standards. This should be done with a clear motive of providing backup to the Indian interests by keeping them in time and giving them the true weightage they deserve.
• Thirdly BIS concerning objective should be that the main branch office must be given a full regard and be seen as the focal points of all the organisations.
• BIS has another duty that is to improve the brand image, thereby increasing the brand value of product. Necessary measures must be resorted to giving effect to it.
• BIS are required to take care of all the associated laboratories and those laboratories are taken well care of it. And all the laboratories should be equipped with best machinery so that the functioning of those units must be done smoothly.
• BIS makes sure that the work is done appropriately and because of BIS the productivity must increase at a great pace.
• Bureau of Indian Standards must take care of all implementation of all the schemes available and must be regulated from time to time so that they must remain up to date.
• It is to be shared that the regardless to the working of BIS. New IT tools must be introduced to enhance the overall processing of the products.

Advantages Of BIS-CRS (Bureau Of Indian Standards)

With the introduction of the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) it had various advantages. It played a vital role in ensuring the quality, safety, and reliability of products and services in India and some of them are discussed as under.

• Quality Check When BIS was introduced, it established some of the standards that defines the quality requirement for the products, process, and various services. It makes sure that it meets the required minimum quality, thus it helps in gaining the customer confidence and provide satisfaction to it.
• Consumer Protection BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) ensures the safety of the customer by assuring the quality, safety and the purity of the product that the consumer is supposed to buy from the market. This helps the customer to make planned calls while buying the product for themselves avoiding the substandard or counterfeit products.
• Safety Bureau of Indian Standards standard includes various safety protocols. These protocols play important roles when we consider to purchase. It's also minimize risks to public health from accident and hazardous elements.
• Certification BIS has issued a mark the ISI (Indian Standard Institute) certification mark nowadays it is easily recognised by all the people and is respected by the customer that mark helps the customer to know that the product he is using is fully BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certified and the risk of purchasing the product is substantially low.
• Supports Government BIS supports various types of government initiatives that aims toward the idea of promoting manufacturing, quality improvement, and customer welfare. It aligns with various national priority activities such as “Make in India,” “Digital India,” and “Swatch Bharat Abhiyan”.

Scope Of Bis-CRS Registration

BIS was brought to provide safety to the customer when they purchase products from any manufacturer. The scope of BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) is quite vast and include the following.

• Standardization BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) when was introduced developed and published various standards for products, processes to ensure the quality, safety check for the product they manufacture so that the customer must be provided with a good quality product.
• Promotion BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) promote the use of standards in various industries, government agencies. This helps the companies to maintain a quality of a product they are selling, thus help in reducing the risk of fraud.
• Customer Protection BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) plays a very crucial role in safeguarding the interest of the consumer by making sure that products that are present in the market for sale must meet the required quality and safety standards.
• Research And Development BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) engages in research and development activities so that they continue to update and improve the standards that are present and all the technical advancements and be updated to the emerging trends.

Documentation Required For Bis Certification

The documents required for the BIS certificate may vary from product to product but some of the basic documents that are required to be submitted by the companies for the BIS Certificate for their product are as follows

• Application Form The very first document required is the application form provided by BIS which include all the details about the factory name, product, intention, and the manufacturing process is to filled by the company.
• Test Reports Secondly test reports of the product that is to be manufacture and to be sold in the market from the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) verified test labs so that to know about if the product compliance with the relevant Indian standards. The report must contain the information about the quality, performance of the product.
• Technical Documentation All the documents about the product must be submitted those documents must have the necessary information about the product regarding its design, specification, material used, quality etc.
• Qms (Quality Management System) Certifcate QMS (Quality Management System) such as ISO 9001 certificate must be required for some certain products for its registration under BIS.
• Trademark/ownership It's requires the proof of the ownership of the trademark or brand under which the product is marketed or manufactured, if it is applicable.
• Importer Authorization Letter In the case where the product is imported in place of manufactured the manufacturer is to provide a authorization letter to allow the importer to apply for BIS certificate on there behalf.
• Factory Inspection Report A report is generated after the inspection conducted by BIS which has all the details of the products compliance with the Indian standards. That report is then submitted to the Indian Standards organization.
• Document Comformation Another important document is submitted to the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) for the issue of BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certificate is a signed declaration by acknowledging that the product complies with all the Indian standards are present.
• Other Legal Documents According to the nature of the products sometimes other legal documents are required for the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certificate such as business registration certificate, trading licence, etc, may be required.

Process Of Registration Of Bis (Bureau Of Indian Standards) Certificate

When we talk about the process for obtaining BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certificate there involve few steps to it, those steps may vary from product to product. Here is a general overview to the process of documentation for BIS Certificate.

• Application Submission For the first step the applicant submits a complete application along with all the required legal documents to the BIS. The documents submitted to the BIS it includes all the details about the product about its quality, manufacturing process etc.
• Document Verification For the second step the documents that are submitted it's verified by the BIS. If the documents submitted are accurate then the process is carried forward if the document provided are not complete and accurate or have some missing information in it then the process is stopped and the companies are required to apply for it again with proper documents.
• Product Testing For some products according to the rules samples are required for testing the samples that are provided are then sent to the verified BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) laboratories for testing. Test reports of these products from these laboratories plays a crucial role in the process of documentation of BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certificate.v
• Factory Inspection Sometimes the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) authorized team may visit the factories for the inspection to check the company’s quality control operations as per Indian standards for the product they are manufacturing the report they generate is to be submitted to the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) for the further processing of the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certificate.
• Certification Decision After reviewing of all the documents, test reports, and factory inspection reports, BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) makes a proper decision. If the product meets all requirements, as per the Indian standards then the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) issues the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certificate to the applicant and they can start the process of selling and marketing their product in the market.
• Granting Of Certificate When the process of submitting the documents is finished and all the documents are verified, BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) issues the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certificate to the applicant. The BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certificate includes all the details of the product sold by the company such as the product description, Indian standard Number etc.