Bureau of Indian Standard’s Mobile App BIS-Care launched
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- Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan launched the Bureau of Indian Standard’s Mobile App BIS-Care.
- He also launched three portals on Standardization, Conformity Assessment and Training of e-BIS.
- The mobile app BIS-Care can be operated on any Android phone and consumers can check the authenticity of the ISI-marked and hallmarked products through this Application.
- Customers can also lodge complaints using this medium.
- Mr. Paswan said the government is also working on a plan to implement One Nation, One Standard scheme in the country in order to curb instances of sub-standard products being sold to consumers.
Source: AIR
Related General Knowledge
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is a government ministry of India.
- The Ministry is headed by a Cabinet rank minister.
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Founded: 2 September 1946
- Jurisdiction: India
- Superseding agency: Ministry of Government and Consumer Services
- Departments: Department of Food and Public Distribution, Department of Consumer Affairs
- Officeholders: Ram Vilas Paswan (Minister)
Bureau of Indian Standards
- The Bureau of Indian Standards is the national Standards Body of India working under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India.
- It is established by the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 which came into effect on 23 December 1986.
- Headquarters location: New Delhi
- Agency executive: : Pramod Kumar Tiwari, IAS, Director General;
- Founded: 23 December 1986
- Jurisdiction: India