BIS Introduces Silver Refinery Certification Scheme and Seven New Indian Standards at World Standards Day 2026 Event

Key facts

• The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) unveiled seven new Indian Standards covering electric vehicle charging infrastructure, electric bicycles, therapeutic healthcare, robotics, textiles and building materials at the national World Standards Day 2026 event in New Delhi, presided over by Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi.
• BIS launched a certification scheme for silver refineries and mints that grants licences based on assessment of technical competence, refining processes and testing infrastructure, allowing licensed facilities to apply the official BIS hallmark to silver bullion and coins.
• The silver refinery certification scheme extends structured purity assurance and hallmarking to silver bullion and coins across India, modelled after the existing Gold Refinery Scheme.
• BIS Director General Sanjay Garg announced that BIS ranks among the world's first national standardisation bodies to make standards development and access completely digital for all stakeholders.
• BIS's Environment and Ecology Division Council released a strategic roadmap to establish Indian Standards for the sustainable agricultural sector.