COMPULSORY PRODUCT CERTIFICATION

BIS:-

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) was established in the year 1952 under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986. The main purpose of BIS is to develop and disseminate Industrial Standards, Technical specification, and related documents for various segments in India

CRS (Compulsory Registration Scheme)

CRS (Compulsory Registration Scheme) is mandatory for all Product Importers, Exporters, Manufacturers and Distributors in India who want to do business in India. It provides a uniform means of identification to the Manufactures, Importers and other parties covered by the scheme.
As per the Orders by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) 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 and do not bear the Standard Mark with unique registration number obtained from BIS.

• Phase 1: Order, 2012" on 03 October 2012 for fifteen categories of electronics items.

Product: Electronics Games (Video), Laptop/Notebook/Tablet, Plasma/LCD/LED Television of screen size 32’’ & More, Optical Disc Players of input power 200W and above, Microwave Ovens, Visual Display Units, Video Monitor of size 32’’ & More, Printers, Plotters, Scanners, Wireless Keyboards, Telephone answering machines, Amplifiers with input power 2000W and above, Electronics Musical Systems with input power 200W and above, Electronic Clocks with Mains Power, Set Top Box, Automatic Data Processing Machine.

• Phase 2: Fifteen more product categories were added by MeitY under this order on 13 November 2014.

Product: Power Adaptors for IT Equipment’s, Power Adaptors for Audio, Video & Similar Electronics Apparatus, UPS / Invertors of rating < 5kVA, DC & AC Supplied Electronics Control gear for LED Modules, Sealed Secondary Cell / Batteries containing Alkaline or other non-acid Electrolytes for use in portable applications, Self-Ballasted LED Lamps for General Lighting Services, Fixed General Purpose LED Luminaires, Mobile Phones, Cash Registers, Points of Sale Terminals, Copying Machines / Duplicators, Smart Card Readers, Mail Processing Machines / Postage Machines / Franking Machines, Passport Reader, Power Bank for use in portable Applications.

• Phase 3: Another thirteen product categories were added by MeitY under this order on 23 August 2017.

Product: Recessed LED Luminaries, LED Luminaries for Road and Street Lighting, LED Flood Lights, LED Hand Lamps, LED Lighting Chains, LED Luminaires for Emergency Lighting, UPS / Inverters of rating < 10kVA, Plasma / LCD/ LED Television of screen size up-to 32’’, CCTV Cameras / CCTV Recorders, Adapters for household and similar electrical appliances, USB driven Barcode readers, barcode scanners, Iris scanners, Optical Fingerprint scanners, Smart Watches.

• Phase 4: Another thirteen product categories were added by MeitY under this order on 01 April 2020.

Product: Standalone LED Modules for General Lighting, Lighting Chain (Rope Lights), Keyboard, Induction Stove, Automatic Teller Cash dispensing machines, USB Type External Hard Disk Drive, Wireless Headphone and Earphone, USB Type External Solid-State Storage Devices (above 256GB Capacity), Electronic Musical System with input power below 200Watts, Standalone Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) with output voltage 48V (max), Television other than Plasma / LCD / LED TVs, Rice Cooker.

• Phase 5: Another thirteen product categories were added by MeitY under this order on 01 October 2020.

Product: Wireless Microphone, Digital Camera, Video Camera, Webcam (Finished Product), Smart Speakers (with and without display), Dimmers for LED products, Bluetooth speakers.

• Ministry of New and Renewal Energy(MNRE) has notified five products under Solar Photovoltaics, Systems, Devices and Components Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2017 dated 05 September 2017.

Product: Crystalline Silicon Terrestrial Photovoltaic (PV) modules (Si wafer based), Thin-Film Terrestrial Photovoltaic (PV) Modules (a-Si, CiGs and CdTe), PV Modules (Si wafer and Thin film), Power converters for use in photovoltaic power system, Utility-Interconnected Photovoltaic inverters, Storage battery.