Question : Fake ISI Mark

(a) whether goods carrying fake ISI mark are being freely marketed in various parts of the country, if so, the details thereof during the last four years, State-wise;
(b) whether raids are conducted and samples tested by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in this regard, if so, the details thereof during the last four years, State-wise;
(c) the details of producers/traders that failed to clear the tests, number of cases registered and cancellation of registration; and
(d) the details of other remedial steps taken by the Government to ensure quality assurance in consumer products and services?

THE MINISTER OF STATE
CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

(a) & (b) : From time to time BIS receives complaints on misuse of ISI mark. On receipt of such complaints, investigations followed by raids are carried out. Thereafter, prosecution is launched against the offender(s) in the Court of law having jurisdiction over the matter. For launching prosecution regarding the misuse of ISI mark, testing of the sample of the product is not required.
State wise number of search and seizure operations carried out during last four years is at Annexure.

(c) & (d) : Scheme-I is the Conformity Assessment scheme for Grant of licence to use or apply Standard Mark (ISI) on goods and articles as per Indian Standard. This scheme is governed by the provisions of BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018. For licences so granted, performance is assessed through factory surveillance at periodic intervals. During the surveillance, Product samples may also be drawn and sent to third party laboratory for checking conformance to relevant standard. In addition, samples of the product bearing BIS standard mark are also purchased from the market and got tested at third party laboratory for checking conformance to relevant standard.

Based on the non-conformance if any, observed from the test report, actions are initiated against manufacturer, depending on frequency of failure and considering performance of licence previously.





During the last four years, number of licences cancelled because of failure of sample in testing were as under:

Year Number of licences cancelled Number of licences cancelled because of sample failure
2015-16 220 60
2016-17 351 97
2017-18 348 65
2018-19 219 21
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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3686 FOR 16-07-2019 REGARDING FAKE ISI MARK
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STATE-WISE AND YEAR-WISE STATEMENT OF RAIDS CONDUCTED FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR (upto 08 July 2019).

State 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) - - - -
Andhra Pradesh 03 - 04 -
Arunachal Pradesh - - - -
Assam - - 01 -
Bihar 01 05 - -
Chandigarh (UT) - - - -
Chhattisgarh 03 03 04 -
Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) - - - -
Daman & Diu (UT) - - - -
Delhi (UT) 12 08 12 2
Goa - 01 - -
Gujarat 10 14 21 4
Haryana 15 06 06 2
Himachal Pradesh - 1 01 -
Jammu & Kashmir - - 03 -
Jharkhand 01 01 04 -
Karnataka 02 02 09 -
Kerala 01 02 02 -
Lakshadweep (UT) - - - -
Madhya Pradesh 06 03 06 1
Maharashtra 06 04 07 1
Manipur - - - -
Meghalaya - - - -
Mizoram - - - -
Nagaland - - - -
Odisha 02 02 03 -
Puducherry (UT) - - - -
Punjab 03 07 04 3
Rajasthan 12 06 09 -
Sikkim - - - -
Tamil Nadu 15 15 13 1
Telangana 05 6 04 -
Tripura - - - -
Uttar Pradesh 06 03 03 -
Uttarakhand 05 - - -
West Bengal 06 - 08 -
Total 114 89 124 14
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