(a) whether the Government has received complaints about the supply of inferior
and spurious chemicals by local manufacturer or imported into India;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has set any standard to maintain the quality of
chemicals;
(d) if so, whether the Government has taken any action against the persons and
companies involved in supplying spurious and spurious chemicals; and
(e) if so, the details thereof ?
ANSWER
MINISTER FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)
(a) & (b) No specific complain has been received about supply of inferior and
spurious chemicals by local manufacturer or imported into India.
(c) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) formulates standards for chemicals and most
of the standards are presently voluntary in nature. To ensure manufacture and import
of quality chemicals, Government initiated an exercise to make BIS standards as
mandatory for some chemicals under Section 16 of BIS Act, 2016. Accordingly, D/o
Chemicals & Petrochemicals has notified 48 Quality Control Order (QCO) to make BIS
standards as mandatory so far.
(d) & (e) Not applicable in view of reply at (a) & (b) above.
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