Lok Sabha Question No. 3686 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Fake ISI Mark
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Khagen Murmu, Sukanta Majumdar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3686

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.07.2019

## FAKE ISI MARK

3686.   SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR: SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK: SHRI KHAGEN MURMU: DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

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- (a) whether  goods  carrying  fake  ISI  mark  are  being  freely  marketed  in  various  parts  of  the country, if so, the details thereof during the last four years, State-wise;
- (b) whether raids are conducted and samples tested by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in this regard, if so, the details thereof during the last four years, State-wise;
- (c) the details of producers/traders that failed to clear the tests, number of cases registered and cancellation of registration; and
- (d) the details of other remedial 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 DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

(a) & (b)  : 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.      For  launching prosecution regarding the misuse of ISI mark, testing of the sample of the product is not required. State wise number of search and seizure operations carried out during last four years is at Annexure.

(c) & (d)  : Scheme-I is the Conformity Assessment scheme for Grant of licence to use or apply Standard Mark (ISI) on goods and articles as per Indian Standard.  This scheme is governed by the provisions of BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018. For licences so granted, performance is  assessed  through  factory  surveillance  at  periodic  intervals.  During  the  surveillance,  Product samples may also be drawn and sent to third party 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 third party laboratory for checking conformance to relevant standard.

Based  on  the  non-conformance  if  any,  observed  from  the  test  report,  actions  are  initiated against  manufacturer,  depending  on  frequency  of  failure  and  considering  performance  of  licence previously.

During  the  last  four  years,  number  of  licences  cancelled  because  of  failure  of  sample  in testing were as under:

| Year    |   Number of licences cancelled |   Number of licences cancelled because of sample failure |
|---------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16 |                            220 |                                                       60 |
| 2016-17 |                            351 |                                                       97 |
| 2017-18 |                            348 |                                                       65 |
| 2018-19 |                            219 |                                                       21 |

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3686 FOR 16-07-2019 REGARDING FAKE ISI MARK

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## STATE-WISE  AND  YEAR-WISE  STATEMENT  OF  RAIDS  CONDUCTED  FOR  THE  LAST FOUR YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR (upto 08 July 2019).

| State                         | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands (UT) | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Andhra Pradesh                | 03        | -         | 04        | -         |
| Arunachal Pradesh             | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Assam                         | -         | -         | 01        | -         |
| Bihar                         | 01        | 05        | -         | -         |
| Chandigarh (UT)               | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Chhattisgarh                  | 03        | 03        | 04        | -         |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli (UT)      | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Daman &Diu (UT)               | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Delhi (UT)                    | 12        | 08        | 12        | 2         |
| Goa                           | -         | 01        | -         | -         |
| Gujarat                       | 10        | 14        | 21        | 4         |
| Haryana                       | 15        | 06        | 06        | 2         |
| Himachal Pradesh              | -         | 1         | 01        | -         |
| Jammu &Kashmir                | -         | -         | 03        | -         |
| Jharkhand                     | 01        | 01        | 04        | -         |
| Karnataka                     | 02        | 02        | 09        | -         |
| Kerala                        | 01        | 02        | 02        | -         |
| Lakshadweep (UT)              | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Madhya Pradesh                | 06        | 03        | 06        | 1         |
| Maharashtra                   | 06        | 04        | 07        | 1         |
| Manipur                       | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Meghalaya                     | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Mizoram                       | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Nagaland                      | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Odisha                        | 02        | 02        | 03        | -         |
| Puducherry (UT)               | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Punjab                        | 03        | 07        | 04        | 3         |
| Rajasthan                     | 12        | 06        | 09        | -         |
| Sikkim                        | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Tamil Nadu                    | 15        | 15        | 13        | 1         |
| Telangana                     | 05        | 6         | 04        | -         |
| Tripura                       | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Uttar Pradesh                 | 06        | 03        | 03        | -         |
| Uttarakhand                   | 05        | -         | -         | -         |
| West Bengal                   | 06        | -         | 08        | -         |
| Total                         | 114       | 89        | 124       | 14        |