India Mandatory Registration Scheme for 30 Electronic and Consumer Products

Under the "Electronics and Information Technology Goods Order, 2012" issued by the Indian Department of Electronics and Information Technology DEIT, expanded in November 2014, 30 electronic and consumer products are required to comply with the applicable Indian safety standards and mandatory registration before they are imported to, distributed, or sold in India.

Registration Requirements and Declaration

Necessary steps & documents to be submitted at the time of application for registration include:

1 Self-evaluation and declaration.

2 Upload registration documents in Online BIS portal and

3 Submit hardcopy of registration documents and test report from BIS recognized laboratories along with the BIS registration fees.

In addition, overseas applicants shall either establish a liaison/ branch office in India or nominate someone as their authorized Indian Local Representative.

The validity of a registration is 1 year which can be renewed for minimum 1 year or maximum 3 years depending on decision of the Bureau based on registered user’s performance.

Market surveillance will be conducted at least once in the valid period by BIS authorized agencies.

Testing of surveillance samples should be done at the BIS recognized laboratories.