5 days ago
BIS meeting
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Chennai, organised a meeting on the mandatory standard, 'IS 302 Part 1: 2024: Safety of electrical appliances', in the city on Thursday. A press release said C. Karthikeyan, Senior Electrical Inspector, Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate, addressed the meeting in which nearly 115 stakeholders took part. Officials elaborated on the Safety of Household, Commercial Electrical Appliances (Quality Control) Order, 2025, wherein all electrical appliances were brought under mandatory BIS certification. The last date for compliance is March 19 next year. Praveen Khanna, Deputy Director-General, BIS Southern Region, spoke.
