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E-commerce Crackdown: BIS Finds Hundreds of Uncertified Products
6 Aug
Summary
- BIS raided 22 e-commerce warehouses, finding 142 uncertified products
- Searches conducted at 14 Amazon, 7 Flipkart, and 1 Blinkit warehouses
- Violations found in multiple states, including Delhi, Haryana, and Karnataka
In a significant development, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has uncovered a large number of uncertified products being sold on e-commerce platforms during its market surveillance activities in the previous fiscal year, 2024-2025.
According to a written reply by the Union Minister of State for the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, B.L. Verma, in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the BIS found 142 uncertified products out of the 344 samples it had procured that fell under the mandatory BIS certification.
The BIS conducted raids on 22 e-commerce warehouses across the country, with the majority of the searches taking place at 14 warehouses of Amazon, along with 7 warehouses of Flipkart's arm Instakart and 1 warehouse of Eternal's Blinkit. The raids were spread across multiple states, including 3 each in Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, and Maharashtra, 2 each in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, and 1 each in Gujarat, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh.
The findings of the BIS crackdown highlight the need for stricter enforcement of product certification requirements in the rapidly growing e-commerce sector, where consumers may be unknowingly purchasing non-compliant goods. The government's actions aim to ensure the safety and quality of products available to online shoppers in India.
