(a) whether the Government has added new items under compulsory certification of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS);
(b) if so, the details thereof indicating the name of the new items included in the list;
(c) whether several items carrying fake ISI marks are being sold openly in the market;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the remedial steps including punitive action being taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI SHARAD PAWAR)
(a) & (b): Six steel product items and two Ductile Iron Pipes & Fittings
were brought under mandatory certification w.e.f. 09-09-2008 and 01-07-2009
respectively, the details of which are as under:
S.No. IS applicable Name of Products
1 1785(Pt.l) Plain hard-drawn steel wire for pre-stressed concrete; cold-drawn stress relieved wire
2. 1785 (Pt.2) Plain hard-drawn steel wire for pre-stressed concrete; as drawn wire
3. 6003 Indented wire for pre-stressed concrete
4. 6006 Uncoated stress relieved strand for pre-stressed concrete
5. 13620 Fusion bonded epoxy coated reinforcing bars
6. 4268 Uncoated stress relieved low relaxation seven ply strand for pre-stressed concrete
7. 8329 Centrifugally cast (spun) ductile iron pressure pipes for water, gas and sewage
8. 9523 Ductile iron fittings for pressure pipes for water, gas and sewage