Lok Sabha Question No. 459 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Fake Products
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA, BHARAT SINGH

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

## Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 459

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.04.2016

## FAKE PRODUCTS

## 459. SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA:

SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

## Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received  any complaints about sale of  substandard quality products having fake Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) quality marks in markets across the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  number  of  cases  reported  and  the  action  taken thereon during each of the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) the provisions made by the Government to check the sale of substandard quality products; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to amend the BIS Act to check sale of/recall of such products carrying fake BIS marks and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN)

- (a) & (b) :  BIS from time to time receives complaints on misuse of ISI mark.  On receipt of a complaint, investigations followed by search & seizure operations are carried out and prosecution is  launched  against  the  offender(s)  for  such  misuse  in  the  appropriate  criminal  Court  having jurisdiction over the matter. State wise number of search and seizure operations carried out during last three years is at Annexure-I.
- (c) : The BIS Act 1986 provides for action when the standard mark is used in relation to an article or process that does not conform to the Indian Standard.

BIS draws market sample for Independent Testing to check quality of ISI marked products in the market. Action is taken against the erring manufacturers whose product does not conform to the Indian Standard.

In addition to the publicity through mass media, BIS organizes  Consumer Awareness Programmes wherein the consumers are made aware of quality of ISI marked products and also its misuse and colourable imitations.

- (d) : The BIS Act, 2016, recently legislated, contains provisions for issuing directions to stop the supply and sale of non-conforming goods or articles and recall the non-conforming goods or articles that have already been supplied or offered for sale and bears the Standard Mark. There is  also  provision  to  direct  for  repairing,  replacing  or  re-processing  the  standard  marked  goods, article, process, system or service, which do not conform to the relevant Standard.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.459 FOR 26.04.2016 REGARDING FAKE PRODUCTS.

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## State-wise and Year-wise statement of Search and Seizure conducted for the misuse of ISI Mark for the last three years

| State            | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh   | 26        | 09        | 08        |
| Assam            | -         | -         | 01        |
| Bihar            | -         | 2         |           |
| Chandigarh UT    | -         | -         |           |
| Chhatishgarh     | -         | -         | 01        |
| Daman UT         | -         | -         |           |
| Delhi            | 13        | 10        | 13        |
| Gujarat          | 14        | 05        | 10        |
| Haryana          | 02        | 02        | 04        |
| Himachal Pradesh | 02        | -         | 02        |
| J&K              | -         | -         |           |
| Jharkhand        | -         |           | 01        |
| Karnataka        | 02        | 03        | 13        |
| Kerala           | 02        | 03        | 02        |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 04        | 01        | 03        |
| Maharashtra      | 04        | 01        | 11        |
| Orissa           | 01        | -         | 03        |
| Punjab           | 01        | -         | 02        |
| Rajasthan        | -         | 06        | 20        |
| Tamilnadu        | 20        | 15        | 15        |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 03        | 05        | 03        |
| Uttrakhand       | -         | -         | 02        |
| West Bengal      | 03        | 02        | 06        |
| Telangana        | -         | 06        | 08        |
| Total            | 97        | 70        | 128       |

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