ISI mark
Indian standards-compliance mark for products
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Counterfeiting
It is very common in India to find products with fake ISI marks. That is, industrial traders cheat customers by affixing ISI marks on the product without actually being certified. Fake ISI marks usually do not carry
- (i) the mandatory 7 or 8-digit license number (of the format CM/L-xxxxxxx, where x signifies a digit from the license number) required by BIS.
- (ii) the IS number on top of the ISI mark which signifies the Indian standard a particular product is in compliance with.
For example, if a kitchen grinder's box has a small ISI mark on it with the ISI code of the appliance's wire, one can conclude that the wire is BIS-certified but the appliance itself is not an BIS-certified product. Counterfeiting ISI marks is a punishable offence by the law, but enforcement is uncommon.
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