Over 1000 licences issued to domestic toy manufacturing units by Bureau of Indian Standards: Consumer Affairs Ministry

Subject: Schemes

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The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has granted 1097 licenses to domestic toy manufacturing units so far. Out of these 1,061 licenses or about 96 per cent have been granted to MSMEs, the Consumer Affairs Ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
From January 1, 2021, toys came under the ambit of compulsory BIS certification according to the Toys (Quality Control) Order 2020 issued by the Department of Promotion of Industry and the Internal Trade(DPIIT). Further, DPIIT, under the Toys (Quality Control) Second Amendment Order, 2020 has exempted certain categories such as toys manufactured and sold by artisans and toys sold by registered proprietor and authorised user of a products registered as Geographical Indication by the Registrar of Geographical Indications.
Bureau of Indian Standards is also considering bringing sports goods under the Quality Control Order. The goods include shuttlecocks, rings used in gymnastics, putting shots, barbell set, soft balls and steeplechase hurdles. It added that these are “under consideration for issue of Quality Control Orders”
The Ministry said Indian Standards for these goods have been revised in 2022 and are currently under a voluntary BIS Certification

BIS:

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It is the National Standard Body of India established under the BIS Act 2016 for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
It works under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
The Minister in charge of the Ministry or Department having administrative control of the BIS is the ex-officio President of the BIS.
It is one of the founder member of International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
It seeks to provide safe reliable quality goods, minimizing health hazards to consumers, promoting exports and imports substitute, control over proliferation of varieties etc. through standardization, certification and testing.
BIS has its Headquarters at New Delhi and its 05 Regional Offices (ROs) are at Kolkata (Eastern), Chennai (Southern), Mumbai (Western), Chandigarh (Northern) and Delhi (Central).