Products that require mandatory BIS certificate- Benefits to BIS Registration

BIS Certification offer third party guarantee of quality, reliability and safety of products to the customers and is particularly required for import or manufacture of electronic items. BIS Registration was made mandatory by the Indian government 49 products taking into consideration public health. BIS Certification is also allowed to use the ISI hall mark on their products, which states that the product complies the Indian standards quality & Safety set by the Bureau of Indian Standards.

Why is it mandatory to get BIS certification?

BIS Registration has been made mandatory by the Indian government for importing/selling/manufacturing listed electronic items in the Indian market. If a manufacturer doesn’t comply with BIS standard or has not obtained BIS certificate, it might barrier for importing/selling electronic product in India.

What are the benefits of obtaining BIS Registration in India?

• Guarantees quality standards on BIS registered products are mandate to follow a certain standard to manufacture/import the products in India;
• Gives reliability to BIS authorized products for providing high-quality performance & trust;
• BIS certified products minimize the environmental risks due to prohibition of chemicals & other harmful materials usage by BIS under its norms;
• BIS Certificate is issued after testing the sample of the products’ in BIS certified labs, that ensures quality inspection & fine goods

Products that require mandatory BIS certificate

• Products covered under Mandatory Certification: Scheme-I
• Cement;
• Household electrical goods;
• Batteries;
• Food & related products;
• Oil pressure stoves;
• Automobile accessories;
• Cylinders, Valves, and Regulators;
• Medical Equipment;
• Steel & Stainless-steel Products;
• Electrical Motors;
• Electrical Transformers;
• Capacitors;
• Chemicals and Fertilizers;
• Foot Wear;
• Press Tool-Punches;
• Helmet 2-Wheeler Motor Vehicles riders;
• Refrigerating Appliances;
• Centrifugally cast-iron pipes;
• Flux Cored (Tubular) Electrodes;
• Sewing Machine;
• PVC Pipes & Fittings for Potable Water Supply;
• PVC Pipes & Fittings in Agriculture and in Suction and Delivery Lines of Agricultural Pumps & Rain Water Systems;
• PVC Pipes & Fittings for Drainage & Sewerage System;
• Water Treatment System;
• Transparent Float Glass;
• Pressure Cooker;
• Cables;
• Rubber Hose for (LPG);
• Aluminium Foil;
• Toys;
• Flat Transparent Sheet Glass;
• Safety Glass;
• Woven Sacks;
• Butterfly Valves;
• Reflectors for Bicycles;
• Paper;
• Cattle Feeds;
• Automobile Wheel Rim Component

Products under Mandatory Certification: Scheme – II

1. Electronic games;
2. Laptop, Notebooks, Tablets;
3. Plasma TV, LED, LCD Televisions of screen size 32” & above;
4. Optical Disc Players having in-built amplifiers of input power 200W and above;
5. Microwave, OTG, Ovens; Visual Display Units;
6. Video Monitors of screen-size 32″ and above Printers, Plotters;
7. Scanners;
8. Wireless Keyboards;
9. Telephone Answering Machines;
10. Amplifiers with an input power of 2000W and above;
11. Mobile Phones;
12. Cash Registers;
13. PoS terminal;
14. Copying Machines/Duplicators;
15. Smart Card Readers;
16. Mail Processing Machines or Postage Machines or Franking Machines;
17. Passport;
18. Reader Power Banks;
19. Recessed LED Luminaries, LED Luminaires for Road & Street Lighting, LED Flood Lights, LED Handlamps, and LED Lights for Emergency Lighting;
20. UPS or Inverters of rating ≤ 10kVA;
21. Plasma or LCD or LED TV of screen size up to 32 inches;
22. CTV Cameras or CCTV Recorders;
23. USB driven Barcode scanners, barcode readers, Iris scanners & Optical fingerprint scanners;
24. Smartwatches;
25. USB Type External Hard Disk Drive;
26. Wireless Headphones & Earphones;
27. USB Type External SSD Devices (above 256 GB capacity);
28. Many more products.

Products under Mandatory BIS Certification: Scheme – IV

1. Stamping or Laminations or cores or transformers (with/without winding);
2. Retro-reflective devices for bicycles.

In Nutshell:

All manufacturers must obtain BIS CRS and ISI Registration before importing goods/products in India and for carrying out services in the Indian market. ASC is the leading BIS Registration Consultant providing all services related to BIS registration and compliance in accordance with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification along with the end-to-end advisory.