RDSO becomes the FIRST Institution to be declared SDO under one

Indian Railways’ RDSO (Research Design & Standards Organisation) has become the FIRST Institution to be declared SDO under “One Nation One Standard” mission on BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) which is Institution under Department of Consumer Affairs.

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This unique initiative of two organisations under GOI is going to set a template for all the rest of leading research and standard development organisations in the country to follow and adapt World Class Standards.

RDSO, Lucknow, which is the sole R&D Wing of Ministry of Railways, is one of India’s leading Standard formulating Body undertaking standardisation work for railway sector.

RDSO took the initiative to seek recognition as a Standard Developing Organisation (SDO) under the BIS SDO Recognition Scheme.

In the process, RDSO reviewed its Standard Formulation procedures to realign them with the Best Practices of Standardisation, encoded in the WTO-TBT “Code of Good Practice” and also mandated by the Bureau (BIS) as essential criteria for recognition as SDO.