The Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has launched the Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) Mobile App ‘BIS-Care’ and three portals namely the Standardization, Conformity Assessment and Training Portals of e-BIS for consumers.
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Key-Points
BIS is the National Standard Body of India for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods.
The app can be operated on any Android phone and is operational in Hindi and English language.
Consumers can check the authenticity of the ISI-marked and hallmarked products and lodge complaints using this app.
It is important to ensure that consumers are aware of the standards and quality products and help in eliminating the supply of sub-standard products.
e-BIS is an integrated portal covering all functions of BIS, enlisting the services of outside agencies for factory and market surveillance and development of mobile app-based and Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled surveillance methods.
Certification and surveillance to enforce the implementation of standards is an important aspect of BIS functioning which is also strengthening its capacity of enforcement by the implementation of e-BIS.