Monday, January 06, 2014: Despite requests from the industry, the Government of India has decided to not extend the deadline of security certifications for imported electronics products. The last date for complying with the security norm was 3 January.
The government had shared a guideline for getting 15 listed electronic and information technology goods registered with the Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS). The deadline for getting this certification has already been extended twice last year. The government had fixed an earlier deadline of April 2013, which was then extended to January 2014 following requests from the industry.
According to a Business Line report, J. Satyanarayana, Secretary, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), said, “It is a continuous process (registration) and whenever there is a new product there will be a backlog of registration then. Therefore, we have to close the deadline because otherwise, there will be a long queue of products at labs.”
As many as top 10 companies including Samsung, LG and Lenovo and 46 brands are sending their products for safety registration to BIS. More applications will come, if those backlogs are not cleared. Satyanarayana told Business Line, “There were already a backlog of 100 products last week and another 20 have come till today. We are hoping to get them cleared soon.”
He further added that the companies that sent their applications earlier can keep sending their products for registration. The list of 15 electronic products under the Compulsory Registration Order, include video games, microwave ovens, laptops, tablet computers, LCD television, telephone answering machines, electronic music systems and printers.
