VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   There is a sigh of relief for those electronic companies who have not got the BIS certification for their products yet. As per the latest information, the Indian Government has decided to extend the deadline for mandatory registration of all the products they sell. Earlier, companies were given a deadline till 3rd October to get their products (including videogames, microwave ovens, laptops, tablet computers, projectors, servers and LCD televisions) certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) , a compulsory requirement for the sale of such products in India. The crucial decision was taken at a meeting between  Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology (IT) , and the representatives of the industry along with some other trade lobby groups. It is worth noticing here that the Government has already extended the deadline twice because of absence of enough labs where the products...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The Government of India is planning to take a control over the dumping of IT products in the Indian industry, as day by day India is becoming the dumping yard for electronic products. As a result of this, from July 3 onwards, IT products in India will also carry Indian Standard (IS) certification from the  Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) . India is also planning to ban all electronic products from India that do not carry BIS mark. The Indian Government has informed that it will not make any relaxation in this rule. 15 categories of products will fall under the registration process started by the Government. Therefore, these products need to be registered under BIS. According to  J. V. Ramamurthy, President, MAIT , said, “More than 1,400 products have been given for getting BIS certification. However, we received only one product with this certification. The Government has assigned only 9 labs to dot the tests. The...