BIS makes 80% concession on certification/marking fee for micro scale units

BIS has proposed Quality Control Orders (QCO) for 663 products in the coming time

In an effort to promote quality culture in micro-scale units, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will provide an 80 per cent concession on the certification/minimum marking fee across various product certification schemes of BIS. Additionally, units located in the North-East will continue to receive an extra 10 per cent concession.

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Textiles, Piyush Goyal, chaired a review meeting of BIS activities on Friday and directed the standards authority to take up further activities.

The meeting was also attended by the secretary of consumer affairs, the director general of BIS and other