Statutory body (Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986) executive
Pramod Kumar Tiwari, IAS, Director General[1]
Parent Statutory body (Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986)
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Website
bis.gov.in
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the National Standards Body of India under Department of Consumer affairs,[2] Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India.[3] It is established by the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 which came into effect on 12 October 2017.[4] The Minister in charge of the Ministry or Department having administrative control of the BIS is the ex-officio President of the BIS. BIS has 500 plus scientific officers working as Certification Officers, Member secretaries of technical committees and lab OIC's.[5][6]
The organisation was formerly the Indian Standards Institution (ISI), set up under the Resolution of the Department of Industries and Supplies No. 1 Std.(4)/45, dated 3 September 1946. The ISI was registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
A new Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) Act 2016 which was notified on 22 March 2016, has been brought into force with effect from 12 October 2017. The Act establishes the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as the National Standards Body of India.
As a National Standards Body, it has 25 members drawn from Central or State Governments, industry, scientific and research institutions, and consumer organisations. Its headquarters are in New Delhi, with regional offices in Eastern Region at Kolkata, southern Region at Chennai, Western Region at Mumbai, Northern Region at Chandigarh and Central Region at Delhi and 20 branch offices. It also works as WTO-TBT enquiry point for India.[7]
^"Message from Director General". Official website. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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