Factory inspection norms eased

In a regulatory overhaul aimed at easing compliance and supporting domestic manufacturing, the government has introduced a self-declaration route for select products under the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) framework, eliminating mandatory pre-licence factory inspections while tightening annual compliance requirements, two government officials aware of the matter said.

- Dhirendra Kumar

The move tightens annual compliance requirements.

(MINT)

This marks a structural shift in India’s quality conformity assessment regime that will result in phasing out mandatory pre-licence factory inspections for products notified under BIS's revised Scheme-II framework, rather than routine inspections across all schemes.

Instead of relying on prior onsite assessment, the revised framework places greater emphasis on documentation scrutiny, third-party laboratory testing and post-market surveillance, to support manufacturing expansion.