BIS completes 75 Years

• 07 Jan 2022

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has completed 75 glorious years of its existence on 6th January 2022.

• Through its core activities of Standardization and Certification, BIS has been contributing to national economy from past 75 years.
• Both the Nation and BIS will be completing 100 years in 2047.

About BIS

• The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the National Standards Body of India under Department of Consumer affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India.
• It is established by the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 which came into effect on 12 October 2017.
• The Minister in charge of the Ministry or Department having administrative control of the BIS is the ex-officio President of the BIS.

Functions of BIS

• BIS is the National Standard Body of India for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
• BIS has been providing traceable and tangible benefits to the national economy in a number of ways – providing 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.

A Brief History of ISI/BIS

• The Institution of Engineers (India) prepared the first draft of the Constitution of an Institution which could take up the task of formulation of National Standards. This lead to the Department of Industries and Supplies issuing a memorandum on 3rd September 1946, formally announcing the setting up of an organization called the ‘Indian Standards Institution (ISI).
• ISI came into being on the 6th January 1947 and in June 1947 Dr. Lal C. Verman took over as its first Director.
• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) came into existence, through an Act of Parliament dated 26^th November 1986, on 1^st April 1987, with a broadened scope and more powers; taking over the staff, assets, liabilities and functions of erstwhile ISI.