The Bureau of Indian Standard is a statutory body working under the aegis of which union ministry?

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SSC CHSL Tier-I Exam 2022 Official Paper (Held On: 10 March, 2023 Shift 4)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Key Points

The Bureau of Indian Standards is responsible for bringing services and products as a mandatory standard.
It provides safe, reliable and quality goods and minimises the health hazard to the consumer.
It Appoints the authority besides BIS to verify the reliability of the products and service
The Bureau of Indian Standards is under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, and it is a National Standard body.
It was established under the Bureau of Indian Standard Act 1986.
It was established on 23 December 1986.
Headquarters is in Manek Bhawan New Delhi.

Important Points

BIS is the national standards body of India.
It develops & publishes Indian Standards, Implement Conformity Assessment Schemes,
It Recognises & runs laboratories for Conformity Assessment and Implements Hallmarking.
It Works for Consumer empowerment, Conducts capacity-building programs on quality assurance and represents the country in ISO & IEC.