National Test House

Subject :Economy

Context:

The Centre’s National Test House (NTH) will set up testing capabilities for testing electric vehicles and EV-charging systems from next fiscal year.

Details:

It is part of the new initiatives undertaken to make NTH future-ready and garner revenues of ₹30 crore by FY 2024.
BIS formulates the performance standards for EV batteries.
Currently, the International Centre for Automotive Technology and the Automatic Research Association of India (ARAI) provide testing facilities for electric vehicles.

Initiatives for NTH:

Gati Shakti portal will be used to identify gaps in testing infrastructure in the country.
NTH will set up a state-of-the-art transformer testing facility in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
NTH is registered in the Government eMarket (GeM) as a service provider in the category “Testing and Calibration Service” to meet the testing needs.
It is also expanding its services for water testing and fertiliser testing.
It is also strengthening its presence in the north-eastern region.

National Test House:

The NTH is the largest multi-location, multi-disciplinary industrial testing laboratory in India.
Industries, Institutions and Trade have been extensively using the unique infrastructure and expertise of NTH over the last ten decades.
NTH departs its services through seven of its regional branches located at Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Ghaziabad, Jaipur, Guwahati and Varanasi (Satellite Centre).
- In all these branches testing and evaluation facilities of finished products/raw materials of all the branches of engineering disciplines are available under one roof.
Services:
- Test & Calibration Facility
- Dealing with Customers
- Training Facility
- Training Calendar
- Standard followed
- Research & Development Services
- Handling of Test & Calibration Samples
- Training Center
- BIS Accredited test facilities
- NABL Accredited Test facilities
- PTP Accredited Test facilities
- NABL Accredited Calibration Facilities