Lok Sabha Question No. 2787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Simplification of BIS Certification Procedures for MSMEs
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Shri P P Chaudhary, Shri Shashank Mani, Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## Government of India

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2787 (OIH)

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

## SIMPLIFICATION OF BIS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR MSMEs

2787.  SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

(OIH) SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

SHRI SHASHANK MANI:

SHRI VISHWESHWAR HEGDE KAGERI:

## Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) provides any concessions, exemptions, or simplified procedures to support MSMEs and start-ups in obtaining certification;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  reforms  or  changes  introduced  to  ease  their  participation  in  the  BIS certification process;
- (c) whether BIS offers any financial or technical assistance for product testing, standard compliance or certification for MSMEs and if so, the details thereof, State-wise and particularly those in Pali Lok Sabha Constituency and Andhra Pradesh, especially in Palnadu district; and
- (d) the number of MSMEs granted BIS licences during the last three years, State-wise, including the figures for Rajasthan, particularly Pali Lok Sabha Constituency and Andhra Pradesh specifically for Palnadu district?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI B.L.VERMA)

(a) & (b) :    Financial incentives are provided by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to MSMEs in annual minimum marking fee with concession of 80% (for Micro scale / Start-up units), 50% (Small scale units) and 20% (Medium scale units). An additional concession of 10% is provided to units which are either located in north-east areas or women entrepreneur led MSME units.

Fees structure of Laboratory Recognition Scheme (LRS) has been revised and initial application fee has been reduced from Rs. 40,000/- to Rs. 10,000/- for Micro and Small scale Labs / Women owned Labs & Rs. 20,000/- for Medium scale laboratories.

The  recognition  fees/renewal  recognition  fees  has  been  also  reduced  from  Rs.1,00,000/-  to  Rs. 60,000/- for MSMEs and Women Entrepreneur.

Further, inclusion application and processing fees has been done away with in order to encourage laboratories to get more Indian Standards/products included in the scope of recognition.

## ORIGINAL IN HINDI

(c) & (d): BIS has implemented the following financial and technical relaxations to MSME sector which are applicable on Pan-India basis;

The requirement of maintaining in-house laboratory has been made optional for MSME units. MSME units are allowed to utilize the services of outside BIS recognized laboratories, NABL accredited labs or even sharing of resources like cluster based labs or laboratories of other manufacturing units.

Further, the 'Levels of Control' prescribed with the Scheme of Inspection and Testing (SIT) are made recommendatory in nature. The manufacturer has the choice to define their own control unit/batch/lot and their own Levels of Control and inform BIS.

For  domestic  manufacturers,  Operations  of  product  certification  activities  and  processes  involved across all the Branch Offices (BOs) in the country have been digitized through an Online platform 'Manak online'. The renewal of certifications for domestic manufacturers has also been made automatic without any human intervention. The manufacturer can simply submit the renewal application at his convenience and  after  the  online  submission,  the  renewal  endorsement  gets  generated  extending  the  validity  of certification.

Further,  targeted  awareness  and  training  programmes  for  the  industry  at  localised  level  with  sector specific focus are conducted by BIS focusing on Standards, measures to implement them and obtain BIS certification.

Manak Samvaad dialogue with certified manufacturers is conducted by BIS to impart orientation and integrate them into the quality ecosystem.

BIS  has  strengthened  its  engagement  with  stakeholders  at  the  grass  root  level  including  local manufacturers, especially  MSMEs to bridge the gap between standards development and their practical implementation.  Besides creating avenues for feedback at the draft stage of Standards  development,  BIS through  'Manak  Manthan'  also  engages  at  the  stage  of  formulation  of  new  standards  and  revision  of existing standards.

Further product specific training courses known as 'capsule courses' are conducted by BIS across the country. These are short term courses of 1-2 days customised to cater to the specific product of interest to the Industry focusing on the requirements of the concerned Indian Standard. These courses are offered free of charge to the MSMEs.

The total number of MSMEs granted BIS licenses in the last 3 years is 18,784 with 1016 & 10 licenses granted to MSMEs for State of Rajasthan particularly Pali Lok Sabha constituency and 359 & 02 licenses granted to MSMEs for the State of Andhra Pradesh particularly for Palnadu District. State- wise list, including Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan is given at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (D)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2787 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 17/12/2025 REGARDING SIMPLIFICATION OF BIS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR MSMEs.

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The number of BIS licences granted to MSMEs during the last three years, State-wise is given below:-

| State/FY               |   Micro |   Small |   Medium |   Total |
|------------------------|---------|---------|----------|---------|
| ANDAMAN&NICOBAR        |       5 |       0 |        0 |       5 |
| FY 2022-2023           |       1 |       0 |        0 |       1 |
| FY 2023-2024           |       1 |       0 |        0 |       1 |
| FY 2024-2025           |       3 |       0 |        0 |       3 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH         |     237 |      69 |       53 |     359 |
| FY 2022-2023           |      57 |      29 |       13 |      99 |
| FY 2023-2024           |      76 |      14 |       12 |     102 |
| FY 2024-2025           |     104 |      26 |       28 |     158 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH      |      12 |       1 |        0 |      13 |
| FY 2022-2023           |       2 |       1 |        0 |       3 |
| FY 2023-2024           |       3 |       0 |        0 |       3 |
| FY 2024-2025           |       7 |       0 |        0 |       7 |
| ASSAM                  |     159 |      52 |       29 |     240 |
| FY 2022-2023           |      43 |      18 |       11 |      72 |
| FY 2023-2024           |      54 |      21 |        8 |      83 |
| FY 2024-2025           |      62 |      13 |       10 |      85 |
| BIHAR                  |     146 |      37 |       24 |     207 |
| FY 2022-2023           |      38 |      11 |        9 |      58 |
| FY 2023-2024           |      45 |      11 |        6 |      62 |
| FY 2024-2025           |      63 |      15 |        9 |      87 |
| CHANDIGARH             |       7 |       0 |        0 |       7 |
| FY 2022-2023           |       2 |       0 |        0 |       2 |
| FY 2023-2024           |       5 |       0 |        0 |       5 |
| FY 2024-2025           |       0 |       0 |        0 |       0 |
| CHHATTISGARH           |     201 |     146 |      116 |     463 |
| FY 2022-2023           |      48 |      43 |       24 |     115 |
| FY 2023-2024           |      65 |      47 |       29 |     141 |
| FY 2024-2025           |      88 |      56 |       63 |     207 |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI |      23 |      31 |       35 |      89 |
| FY 2022-2023           |       4 |      10 |        8 |      22 |
| FY 2023-2024           |      10 |       7 |       10 |      27 |
| FY 2024-2025           |       9 |      14 |       17 |      40 |
| DAMAN&DIU              |      13 |      20 |       29 |      62 |
| FY 2022-2023           |       3 |       5 |        6 |      14 |
| FY 2023-2024           |       6 |       4 |        4 |      14 |
| FY 2024-2025           |       4 |      11 |       19 |      34 |
| DELHI                  |     817 |     254 |       50 |    1121 |
| FY 2022-2023           |     251 |      46 |       17 |     314 |
| FY 2023-2024           |     280 |      91 |       13 |     384 |
| FY 2024-2025           |     286 |     117 |       20 |     423 |
| GOA                    |      10 |      11 |        8 |      29 |
| FY 2022-2023           |       1 |       2 |        3 |       6 |
| FY 2023-2024           |       4 |       3 |        4 |      11 |

| FY 2024-2025               | 5        | 6       | 1      | 12       |
|----------------------------|----------|---------|--------|----------|
| GUJARAT                    | 1153     | 554     | 415    | 2122     |
| FY 2022-2023               | 301      | 163     | 118    | 582      |
| FY 2023-2024               | 354      | 132     | 107    | 593      |
| FY 2024-2025               | 498      | 259     | 190    | 947      |
| HARYANA                    | 1313     | 633     | 406    | 2352     |
| FY 2022-2023               | 277      | 73      | 61     | 411      |
| FY 2023-2024               | 417      | 244     | 151    | 812      |
| FY 2024-2025               | 619      | 316     | 194    | 1129     |
| HIMACHALPRADESH            | 183      | 62      | 71     | 316      |
| FY 2022-2023               | 55       | 13      | 15     | 83       |
| FY 2023-2024               | 71       | 20      | 24     | 115      |
| FY 2024-2025               | 57       | 29      | 32     | 118      |
| JAMMUANDKASHMIR            | 68       | 16      | 7      | 91       |
| FY 2022-2023               | 13       | 4       | 5      | 22       |
| FY 2023-2024               | 24       | 3       | 0      | 27       |
| FY 2024-2025               | 31       | 9       | 2      | 42       |
| JHARKHAND                  | 143      | 35      | 35     | 213      |
| FY 2022-2023               | 36       | 7       | 8      | 51       |
| FY 2023-2024               | 53       | 7       | 4      | 64       |
| FY 2024-2025               | 54       | 21      | 23     | 98       |
| KARNATAKA                  | 491      | 204     | 109    | 804      |
| FY 2022-2023               | 129      | 48      | 28     | 205      |
| FY 2023-2024               | 175      | 68      | 29     | 272      |
| FY 2024-2025               | 187      | 88      | 52     | 327 398  |
| KERALA                     | 224      | 122     | 52     |          |
| FY 2022-2023               | 53       | 39      | 16     | 108      |
| FY 2023-2024               | 81       | 42      | 13     | 136 154  |
| FY 2024-2025 MADHYAPRADESH | 90       | 41 126  | 23 84  | 558      |
| FY 2022-2023               | 348 93   | 49      | 33     | 175      |
| FY 2023-2024               |          |         | 14     | 137      |
|                            | 95       | 28      |        |          |
| FY 2024-2025               | 160      | 49      | 37     | 246      |
| MAHARASHTRA FY 2022-2023   | 1168 345 | 536 136 | 334 74 | 2038 555 |
| FY 2023-2024               | 441      | 180     | 93     | 714      |
| FY 2024-2025               |          | 220     | 167    |          |
|                            | 382      |         |        | 769      |
| FY 2022-2023               | 8        | 1       | 0      | 9        |
| FY 2023-2024               | 8        | 0       | 0      | 8        |
| FY 2024-2025               | 13       | 1       | 2      |          |
|                            |          |         |        | 16       |
| MEGHALAYA                  | 7        | 12      | 3      | 22       |
| FY 2022-2023 FY 2023-2024  | 0 1      | 4 2     | 1 0    | 5 3      |
| FY 2024-2025               | 6        | 6       | 2      | 14       |
| MIZORAM                    |          |         |        | 10       |
|                            | 8        | 2       | 0      |          |
| FY 2022-2023 FY 2023-2024  | 0 3      | 1 0     | 0 0    | 1 3      |
| FY 2024-2025               | 5        | 1       | 0      | 6        |
| NAGALAND                   | 1        | 0 0     | 0      | 1 0      |
| FY 2022-2023               | 0        |         | 0      |          |
| FY 2023-2024               | 0        | 0       | 0      | 0        |

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| FY 2024-2025   | 1   | 0          |    0 |     1 |
|----------------|-----|------------|------|-------|
| ODISHA         | 183 | 47         |   29 |   259 |
| FY 2022-2023   | 53  | 11         |   10 |    74 |
| FY 2023-2024   | 73  | 13         |    7 |    93 |
| FY 2024-2025   | 57  | 23         |   12 |    92 |
| PUDUCHERRY     | 7   | 5          |    7 |    19 |
| FY 2022-2023   | 0   | 1          |    4 |     5 |
| FY 2023-2024   | 5   | 2          |    0 |     7 |
| FY 2024-2025   | 2   | 2          |    3 |     7 |
| PUNJAB         | 905 | 321        |  178 |  1404 |
| FY 2022-2023   | 229 | 62         |   47 |   338 |
| FY 2023-2024   | 376 | 137        |   61 |   574 |
| FY 2024-2025   | 300 | 122        |   70 |   492 |
| RAJASTHAN      | 575 | 246        |  195 |  1016 |
| FY 2022-2023   | 130 | 48         |   43 |   221 |
| FY 2023-2024   | 204 | 77         |   65 |   346 |
| FY 2024-2025   | 241 | 121        |   87 |   449 |
| TAMIL NADU     | 546 | 290        |  224 |  1060 |
| FY 2022-2023   | 177 | 42         |   34 |   253 |
| FY 2023-2024   | 178 | 98         |   85 |   361 |
| FY 2024-2025   | 191 | 150        |  105 |   446 |
| TELANGANA      | 211 | 92         |   92 |   395 |
| FY 2022-2023   | 43  | 28         |   24 |    95 |
| FY 2023-2024   | 77  | 15         |   19 |   111 |
| FY 2024-2025   | 91  | 49         |   49 |   189 |
| TRIPURA        | 40  | 5          |    0 |    45 |
| FY 2022-2023   | 11  | 1          |    0 |    12 |
| FY 2023-2024   | 19  | 2          |    0 |    21 |
| FY 2024-2025   | 10  | 2          |    0 |    12 |
| UTTAR PRADESH  | 986 | 546        |  288 |  1820 |
| FY 2022-2023   | 216 | 96         |   63 |   375 |
| FY 2023-2024   | 320 | 193        |  100 |   613 |
| FY 2024-2025   | 450 | 254        |  128 |   832 |
| UTTARAKHAND    | 127 | 60         |   68 |   255 |
| FY 2022-2023   | 33  | 13         |   14 |    60 |
| FY 2023-2024   | 41  | 19         |   22 |    82 |
| FY 2024-2025   | 53  | 28         |   32 |   113 |
| WEST BENGAL    | 570 | 194        |  194 |   958 |
| FY 2022-2023   | 171 | 61         |   53 |   285 |
| FY 2023-2024   | 192 | 48         |   37 |   277 |
| FY 2024-2025   | 207 | 85         |  104 |   396 |
|                |     | 10916 4728 | 3140 | 18784 |