Lok Sabha Question No. 476 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Goods Carrying Fake ISI Marks
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: B. SREERAMULU, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, ANJU BALA

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 476

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2018

## GOODS CARRYING FAKE ISI MARKS

476. SHRI B. SRIRAMULU: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

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- (a) whether goods carrying fake ISI mark are being freely marketed in various parts of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) whether raids and sample tests were conducted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in this regard;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  said  period,  State-wise  including  Uttar  Pradesh  and Karnataka;
- (e) the  details  of  producers/traders  that  failed  to  clear  the  tests  along  with  the  number  of  cases registered and cancellation of registration; and
- (f) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  quality  assurance  in  consumer  products  and services?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to  (e):    From  time  to  time  BIS  receives  complaints  on  misuse  of  ISI  mark.    On  receipt  of  such complaints,  investigations  followed  by  raids  are  carried  out.    Thereafter,  prosecution  is  launched against the offender(s) in the Court of Law having jurisdiction over the matter.  State wise number of search and seizure operations carried out during last three years is at Annexure-1 .

The details of prosecution/complaints filed in the courts of Law year wise i.e. 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17  and  2017-18(up  to  November  2017)  and  the  decisions    in  favour  of  BIS  by  the  Courts  for fake/improper use of ISI/BIS Standard Mark, are given in Annexure -II .

- (f) :  Central  Government  has  implemented  BIS  Act,  2016  which  provide  for  notification  of conformity Assessment Schemes for any goods, articles, process, system or services with respect to any Indian standard or  any  other  standard.  It  also  provides  for  grant  of  certificate  of  conformity  for  any goods, articles,  process,  system  or  services  against  a  standard  or  essential  requirements  and  grant  of licence to use standard mark with respect to Indian Standards.

Under various certification schemes run by BIS, surveillance, drawal and testing of sample to check its conformity, verification of facilities etc are undertaken regularly. Besides, BIS also organizes consumer awareness and Industry awareness programs regularly.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) To (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.476  FOR  06.02.2018  REGARDING  GOODS CARRYING FAKE ISI MARKS

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## STATE-WISE AND YEAR-WISE STATEMENT OF RAIDS CONDUCTED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR (upto 31 Dec 2017 )

| State                         | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |
|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands (UT) | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Andhra Pradesh                | 09        | 08        | 03        | -         |
| Arunachal Pradesh             | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Assam                         | -         | 01        | -         | -         |
| Bihar                         | 2         | -         | 01        | 03        |
| Chandigarh (UT)               | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Chhattisgarh                  | -         | 01        | 03        | 03        |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli (UT)      | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Daman &Diu (UT)               | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Delhi (UT)                    | 10        | 13        | 12        | 06        |
| Goa                           | -         | 01        | -         | 01        |
| Gujarat                       | 05        | 10        | 10        | 11        |
| Haryana                       | 02        | 04        | 15        | 06        |
| Himachal Pradesh              | -         | 02        | -         | -         |
| Jammu &Kashmir                | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Jharkhand                     | -         | 01        | 01        | 01        |
| Karnataka                     | 03        | 13        | 02        | 02        |
| Kerala                        | 03        | 02        | 01        | 01        |
| Lakshadweep (UT)              | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh                | 01        | 03        | 06        | 03        |
| Maharashtra                   | 01        | 10        | 06        | 04        |
| Manipur                       | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Meghalaya                     | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Mizoram                       | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Nagaland                      | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Odisha                        | -         | 03        | 02        | 01        |
| Puducherry (UT)               | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Punjab                        | -         | 02        | 03        | 04        |
| Rajasthan                     | 06        | 20        | 12        | 03        |
| Sikkim                        | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Tamil Nadu                    | 15        | 15        | 15        | 08        |
| Telangana                     | 06        | 08        | 05        | 1         |
| Tripura                       | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Uttar Pradesh                 | 05        | 03        | 06        | 02        |
| Uttarakhand                   | -         | 02        | 05        | -         |
| West Bengal                   | 02        | 06        | 06        | -         |
| Total                         | 70        | 128       | 114       | 60        |

## ANNEXURE-II

## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) To (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.476 FOR 06.02.2018 REGARDING GOODS CARRYING FAKE ISI MARKS

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## Year-wise Statement of complaint cases filed and decided by the Hon'ble Court(s).

| Year                        |   Cases filed by BIS in the Court |   Cases decided by the Court |   Cases decided in favour of BIS | Conviction Rate (in percent)   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2014-15                     |                                47 |                           33 |                               32 | 96.96%                         |
| 2015-16                     |                               107 |                           65 |                               63 | 96.92%                         |
| 2016-17                     |                               117 |                           69 |                               61 | 88.40%                         |
| 2017-18 (up to 30 Nov 2017) |                                50 |                           23 |                               22 | 95.65%                         |

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