Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS)

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has notified "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" on 3 Oct 2012 for fifteen categories of electronics products. Another 15 product categories were added by MeitY under this order on 13 Nov 2014.

 

Indian language support for Mobile Phones was notified on 24 October 2016 by MeitY.

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Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is operating Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) for Electronics & IT Goods as per the provision of Chapter IVA of  THE BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS RULES, 1987 for the product categories notified by MeitY.

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Registration Department located in BIS Head Quarters at New Delhi is granting Registration under Compulsory Registration Scheme.

 

Surveillance of products under CRS is carried out by MeitY.

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As per the Order, no person shall manufacture or store for sale, import, sell or distribute goods which do not conform to the Indian standard specified in the order. Manufacturers of these products are required to apply for registration from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) after getting their product tested from BIS recognized labs.

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Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) then registers the manufacturers under its registration scheme who are permitted to declare that their articles conform to the Indian Standard (s).

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The registered manufacturers are then allowed to use the words "Self declaration - Conforming to IS ...(corresponding Indian Standard number) along with R-XXXXXXXX(Registration number) and/or put the Standard Mark notified by the Bureau.

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Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme (FMCS)

Overseas applicants/foreign manufacturers are granted licence for the use of ISI mark under separately designed scheme within 6 months period.

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• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has been operating a Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme (FMCS) since the year 2000 under BIS Act, 1986 and Rules & Regulations framed there under.

• Under FMCS, licence is granted to a Foreign Manufacturer for use of Standard Mark on a product that conforms to an Indian Standard.

• The Scheme is applicable for grant of licence for all products except Electronics & IT Goods notified by DeitY .

• The licence is granted by Foreign Manufacturers Certification Department (FMCD) located at BIS Headquarters, New Delhi.