Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS)
MEITY INITIATED & BIS IMPLEMENTED CRO
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY) has commenced Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) through a Gazette order during end of 2012 for Electronics and Information Technology Goods for 15 product categories under mandatory compliance scheme. 15 more products were added by MEITY through a gazette order 2014 and started expanding the list of products under Electronics & Information Technology Goods for Compulsory Registration Order (CRO).
Ministry of New and Renewal Energy (MNRE) has announced 5 products under Compulsory Registration Scheme under order 2017.
BIS Portal has been integrated with Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Portal to streamline the entire process and make it more efficient.
Under this scheme of CRO, it is mandatory for the manufacturers of these products to get a Mandatory Registration Number from BIS and affix a Registration marking on the product + packaging along with BIS website address. BIS has clarified that, this registration scheme is for the factory which produces the products and not for the Brand Owners or importers.
List of Products under BIS notified by MEITY and MNRE
https://www.crsbis.in/BIS/products-bis.do
IMPORTANT / USEFUL LINKS
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) earlier known as Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY) initiated Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) through a gazette order during end of 2012 and started adding multiple products under Compulsory registration order (CRO).
Under this program of CRO, it is mandatory for the manufacturers to have a Registration Number from BIS by testing their products (covered under the scheme) at BIS recognized labs, get a compliance test report, complete the mandatory documentation to avail the registration number.
Product Label should hold a standard mark on the product + packaging. A registration number will be allotted by BIS mainly to the manufacturer and not to the brand owner/importer.
Market surveillance is implemented by MeitY on its own and has appointed Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) to conduct surveillance.