Ludhiana: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has introduced several new guidelines, which, according to the national standards body, are going to make the compliance easier for businessmen and would also bring more transparency and improve the systems as well.
City businessmen are upbeat over the changes and the view that these would encourage more people from industry to apply and get the BIS certification easily. Previously, the process was considered cumbersome.
Senior officials of BIS have sought feedback and suggestions from the businessmen on these changes.
Harish Kairpal, finance secretary of Knitwear Club, said, “BIS has upgraded its IT systems, enabling real time mobile app-based surveillance inspection report filing. Necessary provisions have also been made in the dashboards on the licenses end as well. Now, the top management at BIS headquarters can also review real time progress of things happening at the field level. Moreover, the inspecting personnel will be requi