Ludhiana: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has introduced several new guidelines, which, according to the national standards body, are going to make the compliance easier for businessmen and would also bring more transparency and improve the systems as well.
City businessmen are upbeat over the changes and the view that these would encourage more people from industry to apply and get the BIS certification easily. Previously, the process was considered cumbersome.
Senior officials of BIS have sought feedback and suggestions from the businessmen on these changes.
Harish Kairpal, finance secretary of Knitwear Club, said, “BIS has upgraded its IT systems, enabling real time mobile app-based surveillance inspection report filing. Necessary provisions have also been made in the dashboards on the licenses end as well. Now, the top management at BIS headquarters can also review real time progress of things happening at the field level. Moreover, the inspecting personnel will be required to submit reports in the real time on the day of visit. The discrepancy cum advisory report as required would also be issued digitally to the dashboard of the licensee.”
Kairpal also added, “According to the information available with us, several additional features are being provided at licensee end for online updating of details like manufacturing machinery, test equipment, production process, raw materials , any change in the management /quality control incharge, responding to discrepancies online through dashboard, preparation of factory test report of samples testing witnessed by the inspecting personnel during the visit also to be ensured through dashboard of licensee.”
According to Sukhwinder Singh, executive member of Ludhiana Business Forums, “The changes by BIS are welcome and we are hoping that by inculcating these there would be huge revamp in the system of registration, compliance and will also make the tasks easier for the applicants. BIS has also engaged five agencies, including TUV SUD South Asia, TUV India Private Limited, Quality Austria Central Asia Private Limited, Bureau Veritas (India) Private Limited and RITES Limited. This is being done to strengthen the surveillance system of product certification scheme. These agencies would undertake factory inspection visits on behalf of BIS and the inspection process will be made more faster. These all changes put together will let the businessmen overcome the hurdles which were being faced by them earlier to overcome the problems being faced by them to get BIS licenses.”