<span style="color: #222222;">Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal today virtually presided the Third Governing Council Meeting of the Bureau of Indian Standards.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He reviewed the process of making Indian Standards and their implementation with BIS officials, senior officials from different Ministries or Regulators.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Addressing the meeting, Mr Goyal said, there is a need to change the approach of the country towards standardization.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the three Mantras for faster economic development SPEED, SKILL and SCALE. Mr Goyal said, now it is time to add fourth dimension of STANDARD in to this.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said, standard testing fees should also be reduced in the initial years for the MSMEs, Start-Ups and for Women Entrepreneurs. He said, it will encourage them to get their products certified and also encourage ease of doing business.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister directed BIS to go in for massive expansion and modernization of testing labs so that entrepreneurs don't have to travel far to get the testing and certification of standards.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, government has to ensure that no one has to travel far for quality check for want of testing labs.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Goyal instructed BIS to create a Customer Charter to usher in highest transparency in its certification process and inspections.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, products manufactured in India should be of international standards whether it is manufactured for local or international market. It should not be diluted to give advantage to any person or institution, whether private or government.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said that it is a challenge for BIS to fast track the standard setting processes, especially for these programmes of national priority.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, BIS must ensure that its Technical Committees develop required new standards in the quickest possible time for products where presently none exists, or review and revise existing standards whenever required.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Wide ranging discussions were held on how standards are set and what can be done to make their implementation or enforcement better.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It was emphasized that there should be One Nation, One Standard and Indian Standard should be set as per global benchmarks.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The meeting was attended by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs Raosaheb Patil Danve, MP Rajya Sabha Mahesh Poddar, Secretary, Consumer Affairs Leena Nandan, DG, BIS P.K. Tiwari, Chairman of Quality Council of India Adil Zainulbhai and other senior officials of the Ministry and Bureau of Indian Standards.</span>