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  • One Nation One Ration Card to come in force from June 2020: Ram Vilas Paswan

    One Nation One Ration Card to come in force from June 2020: Ram Vilas Paswan

    The eligible beneficiaries will be eligible to avail their entitled food grains under the National Food Security Act from and Fair Price Shop in the country using the same ration card. 

    December 3, 2019
  • Water wars

    Water wars

    Water, on the other hand, is a credible poll issue that will resonate with the nearly two crore population of Delhi.

    November 24, 2019
  • New standards for gold jewellery likely from January

    New standards for gold jewellery likely from January

    New standards for gold jewellery, including compulsory hallmarking, are likely to be implemented in the country from January to safeguard the interests of consumers. Jewellers will get about six months to get the hallmarking licence from the Bureau of Indian Standards, top sources in the government told The Statesman. This will come as a big...

    November 22, 2017
  • New BIS law comes into force: Government

    New BIS law comes into force: Government

    A new Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act of 2016 — notified on March 22 last year — has come into force with effect from Friday which establishes the BIS as a national standards body, an official statement said. The Act has enabling provisions for the government to bring under compulsory certification regime any goods...

    October 15, 2017
  • BIS suspends licence after lab refuses to comply with bribe demand

    BIS suspends licence after lab refuses to comply with bribe demand

    All is not well at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry if one goes by the number of complaints posted on the Centralised Public Grievance and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)  besides over a  dozen ongoing court cases filed by the employees against the alleged high-handedness of the...

    February 13, 2017
  • BIS suspends licence after lab refuses to comply with bribe demand

    BIS suspends licence after lab refuses to comply with bribe demand

    All is not well at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry if one goes by the number of complaints posted on the Centralised Public Grievance and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)  besides over a  dozen ongoing court cases filed by the employees against the alleged high-handedness of the...

    February 13, 2017