The Hindu Business Line : BIS to appoint private agency to curb misuse of ISI mark

CHANDIGARH: To tighten its noose around unscrupulous manufacturers engaged in misusing ISI mark, national standard body Bureau of Indian Standards has decided to appoint private agencies for providing vital inputs so as to take tough action against the d efaulters.

“We have decided to have a private agency or private detectives run by professionals including security agencies which will provide us critical information with regard to misuse of ISI mark by any type of industry” said the BIS Deputy Director General, n orthern region, Mr Bhupinder Singh.

The main idea of roping in a private agency is to curb the practice of applying of ISI mark by manufacturers on their products without having valid licence for the same. “The area of operation of an agency will be restricted to carry out market survey in the trade and industry and find out if there is any misuse of ISI mark by any industrialist. After verifying the information provided by that agency, BIS officials will conduct raid on these manufacturers as part of its measures to stop this practice,” he informed.

The misuse of ISI mark has declined in the northern region over past few years, he said. “But there are SME industries such as cables, bulbs, paint, plywood where the misuse of ISI mark is still prevalent,” he added. - PTI

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