The Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards on press release dated 13.04.2021 has stated that the Factory and Market Surveillance are critical to creating Quality Consciousness in the country. He further informed that the Scheme of One Nation One Standard has been launched to harmonize the standard formulation work happening in various organizations. Process of consultation is on with SDOs like RDSO, Indian Road Congress, and Directorate of Standardization under Ministry of Defense. He clarified that the following initiatives have been taken to strengthen the surveillance system:
• Engagement of five NABCB accredited agencies for carrying out Factory Surveillance.
• Engagement of two outside agencies to carry out Market Surveillance.
• Development of Mobile App based surveillance system for greater speed and transparency.
• Integration of ICEGATE of Customs with Foreign Manufacturers Certification Module of e-BIS for surveillance of imported goods.
• Module for regular feeding of production and consignee details introduced in Manak Online.
