Lok Sabha Question No. 737 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Ecomark Scheme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 737

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2022

## Ecomark Scheme

## 737. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the criteria for grant of Ecomark has been reviewed since 2017;
- (b) if  so,  the  number of times such review has been conducted between 2017 and 2022 and the details of amended criteria, category-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the total number of applications received, approved, rejected and pending for grant of Ecomark, category-wise, between 2017-2022;
- (d) whether any advertising has been done to garner interest in the Scheme through the means of audio, visual or print media;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the details of the funds sanctioned and utilised for the Ecomark scheme between 2017 and 2022?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)  &  (b): Criteria  of  Ecomark  scheme  was  reviewed  in  2018  and  added  new  product category,  viz  coir  and  coir  products.  Now,  total  of  17  categories  of  products  are  part  of Ecomark  scheme.  IS  Standards  have  been  developed  for  335  products  in  17  product categories.
- (c)  to  (f): 61  manufacturing  units  as  per  13  different  Indian  Standards  have  been  granted Ecomark certification by BIS. Details are provided at Annex-1.

Ecomark  has  been  publicized  along  with  other  BIS  Standard  Marks  such  as  ISI  Mark, Hallmark, QMS Mark, CRS Mark through Posters/Banners in Exhibitions /Mela and during standards promotion activities through standards clubs, exposure visits, consumer awareness programmes etc. Publicity of Ecomark  scheme is undertaken under the publicity budget of BIS.

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## ANNEX 1

## PRODUCT WISE NUMBER OF LICENCES WITH ECOMARK

|   Sl. No. | IS No               | Name of Product                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   No. of Licences with Ecomark in their licence |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 11833 : 1986        | Specification For Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher For Metal Fires                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                               1 |
|         2 | 12406 : 2003        | Medium Density Fibre Boards for General Purpose -Specification                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                               3 |
|         3 | 12823 : 2015        | Wood Products - Prelaminated Particle Boards -Specification                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                               6 |
|         4 | 14490 : 2018        | PLAIN COPIER PAPER                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                               7 |
|         5 | 14587 : 1998        | Prelaminated Medium Density Fibre Board -specification                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                               2 |
|         6 | 1659 : 2004         | Block Boards -Specification                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                               1 |
|         7 | 1848(Part 1) : 2018 | Writing and printing papers - Specification: Part 1 account book, azure lead, bond, cream laid and cream wove/printing white/printing coloured/printing offset, printing maplitho, printing white super calendered and typewriting types (Fifth Revision) |                                              27 |
|         8 | 1848(Part 2) : 2018 | WRITING AND PRINTING PAPERS SPECIFICATION PART 2 AIR MAIL/MANIFOLD, CARTRIDGE DRAWING AND CARTRIDGE WHITE, DUPLICATING ABSORBENT AND DUPLICATING SEMI-ABSORBENT AND POSTER MACHINE GLAZED TYPES                                                           |                                               1 |
|         9 | 2202 (Part 1): 1999 | Wooden Flush Door Shutters (solid Core Type): Part 1 Plywood Face Panels                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                               1 |
|        10 | 2202(Part 1) : 1999 | Specification for wooden flush door shutters (solid core type):Part 1 Plywood face panels                                                                                                                                                                 |                                               2 |
|        11 | 303 : 1989          | Plywood for General Purposes                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                               2 |

| 12     | 3087 : 2005   | Practicle boards of wood and other lingnocellulosic materials (medium density) for general purposes - Specification   |   6 |
|--------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
| 13     | 4990 : 2011   | Specification for plywood for concrete shuttering work                                                                |   2 |
| Total: |               |                                                                                                                       |  61 |