Lok Sabha Question No. 1661 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Monitoring of ISI Marked Productions
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane

## Government of India Department of Consumer Affairs

## ORIGINAL IN HINDI

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1661

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## MONITORING OF ISI MARKED PRODUCTIONS

1661.   SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: (OIH)

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- (a) the  details  of  system  available  to  check  the  quality  of  ISI  marked  products  under  present monitoring system;
- (b) the  number of raids conducted on premises of licence holders under the said system and the number of samples collected during the last three years;
- (c) the number of cases registered on the basis of samples collected during the said raids and the number of persons against whom action has been taken in this regard; and
- (d) the  reasons  for  not  conducting  the  raids  against  manufacturers  of  such  products/marketing premises and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

(a)  :      The  Bureau  of  Indian  Standards  (BIS)  licence  holder  is    required    to  operate    Scheme    of Inspection and Testing  (SIT),  which  prescribes  the specific  tests  as per relevant Indian standard and the  frequency  for  conducting  them. BIS carries out surveillance on the manufacturers holding BIS licence through visit to the factory premises at periodic intervals. During the surveillance, verification of the implementation of SIT and compliance of the product to relevant standard is verified. Product samples  are  also  drawn  and  sent  to  BIS  laboratory  or  BIS  recognized  laboratory  for  checking conformance to relevant standard.

In  addition,  samples  of  the  product  bearing  BIS  standard mark are also purchased from the market and got tested at laboratory for checking conformance to relevant standard. Based on the nonconformance if any, observed from the test report, actions is initiated against the manufacturer as per BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.

- (b)  :      BIS has informed that raids are carried out only on non-licence holder's premises for misuse of BIS Standard Mark and evidence collected for prosecution in the Court of Law.

Hence, the number of samples lifted is not applicable.

- (c)  : Cases are  registered  on  the  basis  of  evidence  found  during  the  raids  at  the  premises  of  nonlicensees.  All cases of raids where evidence of misuse of BIS Standard Mark is observed are filed in the Court of Law under Section 29 of BIS Act.   As on date, 1078 criminal cases are pending in various courts all over India.  However, the number of cases registered during the last 3 year is as under:
- (d)  :     Raids are conducted only on premises which do not have a licence and misusing BIS Standard mark.

| Year    |   Number of case registered |
|---------|-----------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                         131 |
| 2017-18 |                          79 |
| 2018-19 |                         147 |

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