Govt rolls out mandatory quality norms for helmets for police force, water dispensers
New Delhi, Oct 26 (PTI) The government has issued mandatory quality norms for helmets for police force, bottled water dispensers, and door fittings to curb the import of sub-standard goods and boost domestic manufacturing of these goods.
Three separate notifications — Helmets for Police Force, Civil Defence and Personal Protection (Quality Control) Order, 2023, Bottled Water Dispensers (Quality Control) Order, 2023, and Door Fittings (Quality Control) Order, 2023 — were issued in this regard by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on October 23.
Under these orders, items cannot be produced, sold, traded, imported and stocked unless they bear the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) mark.
