**Executive Summary**
This document responds to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2787 concerning the simplification of BIS certification procedures for MSMEs. The Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution outlines financial and technical relaxations implemented by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to support MSMEs in obtaining certification. The response details concessions, reforms, and assistance available to MSMEs, along with the number of BIS licenses granted to MSMEs over the last three years (2022-2025).
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Financial Incentives for MSMEs:**
* Annual minimum marking fee concessions: 80% (Micro/Start-up), 50% (Small), 20% (Medium).
* Additional 10% concession for units in the North-East or women-led MSMEs.
* **Laboratory Recognition Scheme (LRS) Fee Revision:**
* Initial application fee reduced: Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 10,000 (Micro/Small/Women-owned Labs), Rs. 20,000 (Medium).
* Recognition/renewal fees reduced: Rs. 1,00,000 to Rs. 60,000 (MSMEs/Women Entrepreneurs).
* Inclusion application and processing fees have been removed.
* **Technical Relaxations for MSMEs:**
* In-house laboratory requirement is optional.
* MSMEs can use outside BIS-recognized, NABL-accredited labs, or shared resources.
* "Levels of Control" under the Scheme of Inspection and Testing (SIT) are recommendatory.
* **Digitization and Automation:**
* Product certification processes digitized via "Manak Online" platform.
* Automatic renewal of certifications for domestic manufacturers.
* **Awareness and Training Programs:**
* Targeted, sector-specific training at the local level on standards and certification.
* "Manak Samvaad" dialogues with certified manufacturers.
* Engagement with stakeholders at the grassroots level, including "Manak Manthan" feedback.
* Free product-specific "capsule courses" for MSMEs.
* **BIS Licenses Granted to MSMEs (Last 3 Years):**
* Total: 18,784.
* Rajasthan (including Pali Lok Sabha constituency): 1016.
* Andhra Pradesh (including Palnadu District): 359.
* A state-wise list is provided in the annexure.
**Impact Analysis**
**Impact: MSMEs**
* **Impact:** MSMEs across India benefit from reduced certification costs and simplified processes, potentially leading to increased participation in BIS certification and improved product quality and market access. They are afforded more flexibility in meeting compliance requirements.
* **Action Required:** MSMEs should review the new guidelines and available concessions to determine their eligibility and take advantage of the simplified procedures to obtain or renew BIS certifications.
**Impact: Laboratories (Micro, Small, Medium)**
* **Impact:** Laboratories that are Micro, Small, and Medium-sized will pay less for the Laboratory Recognition Scheme (LRS).
* **Action Required:** They need to stay up to date on the Indian standards to broaden the scope of recognition.
**Impact: Domestic Manufacturers**
* **Impact:** Simplification of the renewal process without human intervention.
* **Action Required:** They must familiarize themselves with the "Manak Online" platform to simplify the renewal application.
Key Entities Referenced
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS): The national standards body of India, responsible for standardization, certification, and testing.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution: The ministry responsible for consumer affairs, food, and public distribution in India.
MSMEs: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises which are the focus of the certification simplification policy.
Laboratory Recognition Scheme (LRS): A scheme related to the recognition of laboratories, and fees structure has been revised for MSMEs and Women entrepreneurs.
Manak online: Online platform to digitize product certification activities and processes involved across all the Branch Offices in the country.
ORIGINAL IN HINDI
Government of India
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Department of Consumer Affairs
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2787 (OIH)
TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025
SIMPLIFICATION OF BIS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR MSMEs
2787. SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:
(OIH) SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:
SHRI SHASHANK MANI:
SHRI VISHWESHWAR HEGDE KAGERI:
Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC
DISTRIBUTION be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) provides any concessions, exemptions, or simplified
procedures to support MSMEs and start-ups in obtaining certification;
(b) if so, the details of the reforms or changes introduced to ease their participation in the BIS
certification process;
(c) whether BIS offers any financial or technical assistance for product testing, standard compliance or
certification for MSMEs and if so, the details thereof, State-wise and particularly those in Pali Lok
Sabha Constituency and Andhra Pradesh, especially in Palnadu district; and
(d) the number of MSMEs granted BIS licences during the last three years, State-wise, including the
figures for Rajasthan, particularly Pali Lok Sabha Constituency and Andhra Pradesh specifically
for Palnadu district?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE
CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI B.L.VERMA)
(a) & (b) : Financial incentives are provided by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to MSMEs in annual
minimum marking fee with concession of 80% (for Micro scale / Start-up units), 50% (Small scale units)
and 20% (Medium scale units). An additional concession of 10% is provided to units which are either
located in north-east areas or women entrepreneur led MSME units.
Fees structure of Laboratory Recognition Scheme (LRS) has been revised and initial application
fee has been reduced from Rs. 40,000/- to Rs. 10,000/- for Micro and Small scale Labs / Women owned
Labs & Rs. 20,000/- for Medium scale laboratories.
The recognition fees/renewal recognition fees has been also reduced from Rs.1,00,000/- to Rs.
60,000/- for MSMEs and Women Entrepreneur.
Further, inclusion application and processing fees has been done away with in order to encourage
laboratories to get more Indian Standards/products included in the scope of recognition.(c) & (d): BIS has implemented the following financial and technical relaxations to MSME sector which
are applicable on Pan-India basis;
The requirement of maintaining in-house laboratory has been made optional for MSME units. MSME
units are allowed to utilize the services of outside BIS recognized laboratories, NABL accredited labs or
even sharing of resources like cluster based labs or laboratories of other manufacturing units.
Further, the ‘Levels of Control’ prescribed with the Scheme of Inspection and Testing (SIT) are made
recommendatory in nature. The manufacturer has the choice to define their own control unit/batch/lot and
their own Levels of Control and inform BIS.
For domestic manufacturers, Operations of product certification activities and processes involved
across all the Branch Offices (BOs) in the country have been digitized through an Online platform “Manak
online”. The renewal of certifications for domestic manufacturers has also been made automatic without
any human intervention. The manufacturer can simply submit the renewal application at his convenience
and after the online submission, the renewal endorsement gets generated extending the validity of
certification.
Further, targeted awareness and training programmes for the industry at localised level with sector
specific focus are conducted by BIS focusing on Standards, measures to implement them and obtain BIS
certification.
Manak Samvaad dialogue with certified manufacturers is conducted by BIS to impart orientation and
integrate them into the quality ecosystem.
BIS has strengthened its engagement with stakeholders at the grass root level including local
manufacturers, especially MSMEs to bridge the gap between standards development and their practical
implementation. Besides creating avenues for feedback at the draft stage of Standards development, BIS
through ‘Manak Manthan’ also engages at the stage of formulation of new standards and revision of
existing standards.
Further product specific training courses known as ‘capsule courses’ are conducted by BIS across
the country. These are short term courses of 1-2 days customised to cater to the specific product of interest
to the Industry focusing on the requirements of the concerned Indian Standard. These courses are offered
free of charge to the MSMEs.
The total number of MSMEs granted BIS licenses in the last 3 years is 18,784 with 1016 & 10
licenses granted to MSMEs for State of Rajasthan particularly Pali Lok Sabha constituency and 359 & 02
licenses granted to MSMEs for the State of Andhra Pradesh particularly for Palnadu District. State- wise
list, including Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan is given at Annexure.
*****ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (D) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 2787 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 17/12/2025 REGARDING SIMPLIFICATION OF
BIS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR MSMEs.
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The number of BIS licences granted to MSMEs during the last three years, State-wise is given below:-
State/FY
Micro Small Medium Total
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 5 0 0 5
FY 2022-2023 1 0 0 1
FY 2023-2024 1 0 0 1
FY 2024-2025 3 0 0 3
ANDHRA PRADESH 237 69 53 359
FY 2022-2023 57 29 13 99
FY 2023-2024 76 14 12 102
FY 2024-2025 104 26 28 158
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 12 1 0 13
FY 2022-2023 2 1 0 3
FY 2023-2024 3 0 0 3
FY 2024-2025 7 0 0 7
ASSAM 159 52 29 240
FY 2022-2023 43 18 11 72
FY 2023-2024 54 21 8 83
FY 2024-2025 62 13 10 85
BIHAR 146 37 24 207
FY 2022-2023 38 11 9 58
FY 2023-2024 45 11 6 62
FY 2024-2025 63 15 9 87
CHANDIGARH 7 0 0 7
FY 2022-2023 2 0 0 2
FY 2023-2024 5 0 0 5
FY 2024-2025 0 0 0 0
CHHATTISGARH 201 146 116 463
FY 2022-2023 48 43 24 115
FY 2023-2024 65 47 29 141
FY 2024-2025 88 56 63 207
DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI 23 31 35 89
FY 2022-2023 4 10 8 22
FY 2023-2024 10 7 10 27
FY 2024-2025 9 14 17 40
DAMAN & DIU 13 20 29 62
FY 2022-2023 3 5 6 14
FY 2023-2024 6 4 4 14
FY 2024-2025 4 11 19 34
DELHI 817 254 50 1121
FY 2022-2023 251 46 17 314
FY 2023-2024 280 91 13 384
FY 2024-2025 286 117 20 423
GOA 10 11 8 29
FY 2022-2023 1 2 3 6
FY 2023-2024 4 3 4 11FY 2024-2025 5 6 1 12
GUJARAT 1153 554 415 2122
FY 2022-2023 301 163 118 582
FY 2023-2024 354 132 107 593
FY 2024-2025 498 259 190 947
HARYANA 1313 633 406 2352
FY 2022-2023 277 73 61 411
FY 2023-2024 417 244 151 812
FY 2024-2025 619 316 194 1129
HIMACHAL PRADESH 183 62 71 316
FY 2022-2023 55 13 15 83
FY 2023-2024 71 20 24 115
FY 2024-2025 57 29 32 118
JAMMU AND KASHMIR 68 16 7 91
FY 2022-2023 13 4 5 22
FY 2023-2024 24 3 0 27
FY 2024-2025 31 9 2 42
JHARKHAND 143 35 35 213
FY 2022-2023 36 7 8 51
FY 2023-2024 53 7 4 64
FY 2024-2025 54 21 23 98
KARNATAKA 491 204 109 804
FY 2022-2023 129 48 28 205
FY 2023-2024 175 68 29 272
FY 2024-2025 187 88 52 327
KERALA 224 122 52 398
FY 2022-2023 53 39 16 108
FY 2023-2024 81 42 13 136
FY 2024-2025 90 41 23 154
MADHYA PRADESH 348 126 84 558
FY 2022-2023 93 49 33 175
FY 2023-2024 95 28 14 137
FY 2024-2025 160 49 37 246
MAHARASHTRA 1168 536 334 2038
FY 2022-2023 345 136 74 555
FY 2023-2024 441 180 93 714
FY 2024-2025 382 220 167 769
MANIPUR 29 2 2 33
FY 2022-2023 8 1 0 9
FY 2023-2024 8 0 0 8
FY 2024-2025 13 1 2 16
MEGHALAYA 7 12 3 22
FY 2022-2023 0 4 1 5
FY 2023-2024 1 2 0 3
FY 2024-2025 6 6 2 14
MIZORAM 8 2 0 10
FY 2022-2023 0 1 0 1
FY 2023-2024 3 0 0 3
FY 2024-2025 5 1 0 6
NAGALAND 1 0 0 1
FY 2022-2023 0 0 0 0
FY 2023-2024 0 0 0 0FY 2024-2025 1 0 0 1
ODISHA 183 47 29 259
FY 2022-2023 53 11 10 74
FY 2023-2024 73 13 7 93
FY 2024-2025 57 23 12 92
PUDUCHERRY 7 5 7 19
FY 2022-2023 0 1 4 5
FY 2023-2024 5 2 0 7
FY 2024-2025 2 2 3 7
PUNJAB 905 321 178 1404
FY 2022-2023 229 62 47 338
FY 2023-2024 376 137 61 574
FY 2024-2025 300 122 70 492
RAJASTHAN 575 246 195 1016
FY 2022-2023 130 48 43 221
FY 2023-2024 204 77 65 346
FY 2024-2025 241 121 87 449
TAMIL NADU 546 290 224 1060
FY 2022-2023 177 42 34 253
FY 2023-2024 178 98 85 361
FY 2024-2025 191 150 105 446
TELANGANA 211 92 92 395
FY 2022-2023 43 28 24 95
FY 2023-2024 77 15 19 111
FY 2024-2025 91 49 49 189
TRIPURA 40 5 0 45
FY 2022-2023 11 1 0 12
FY 2023-2024 19 2 0 21
FY 2024-2025 10 2 0 12
UTTAR PRADESH 986 546 288 1820
FY 2022-2023 216 96 63 375
FY 2023-2024 320 193 100 613
FY 2024-2025 450 254 128 832
UTTARAKHAND 127 60 68 255
FY 2022-2023 33 13 14 60
FY 2023-2024 41 19 22 82
FY 2024-2025 53 28 32 113
WEST BENGAL 570 194 194 958
FY 2022-2023 171 61 53 285
FY 2023-2024 192 48 37 277
FY 2024-2025 207 85 104 396
Total 10916 4728 3140 18784
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