Regulatory Requirements: Quality Management:Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and ISO 9000

Bureau of Indian Standards Act,1986 is the governing Act in India for the preparation and enforcement of standards. The Act extends to whole of India. Under the Act, the Central Government has set up, Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) renamed for Indian Standards Institution(ISI) as the National Standards Body of India for promoting and nurturing the standardization movement in the country. Under the Provisions of BIS Act 1986 and rules and regulations framed therein, Bureau of Indian Standards is operating various Management Systems Certification Schemes under which licences are granted to various industry and service organizations:-
Quality Management Systems Certification Scheme - IS/ISO 9001 (QMS)
Environmental Management Systems Certification Scheme - IS/ISO 14001(EMS)
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems - IS 18001 (OHSMS)
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point - IS 15000 (HACCP) certification
Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) is a founder member of ISO (International Organization for Standardization). ISO is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies that aims to provide a single set of standards that people worldover would recognise and respect. The objective of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. ISO's work programme ranges from standards for traditional activities, such as agriculture and construction, through mechanical engineering, to medical devices, to the newest information technology developments, such as the digital coding of audio-visual signals for multimedia applications.

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