BIS ‘ISI’ mark misused
The Hindu
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) raided a firm ‘Vishwa Karma Industries’ at Kothur on Wednesday for manufacturing packaged drinking water without a valid licence and using a spurious
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) raided a firm ‘Vishwa Karma Industries’ at Kothur on Wednesday for manufacturing packaged drinking water without a valid licence and using a spurious ‘ISI’ mark under the brand name ‘Vishwas’. Many 20 litre water cans with expired licence were seized from the premises.
Hyderabad unit head K.V. Rao informed that the offenders have to pay a fine of over ₹5 lakh or get two years’ imprisonment or both. BIS licence is given to units only after a thorough scrutiny of their manufacturing and testing facilities, and hygienic conditions to be followed during manufacture.
Information on misuse of standard mark can be brought to the notice of BIS through mobile app ‘BIS CARE’ or phone no. +91 9154843232, +91 9154843233, e-mail: hybo@bis.gov.in, web: www.bis.gov.in, said a press release.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists