UPSC Prelims 2017 · Question 57 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2017 question on BIS Mark and AGMARK
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2017
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectIndian Economy
- TopicIndustry
- DifficultyHard
- TypeStatement
Consider the following statements:
1. The Standard Mark of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is mandatory for automotive tyres and tubes.
2. AGMARK is a quality Certification Mark issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Show answer
Answer: A. 1 only
Verdict
The answer is 1 only. The Bureau of Indian Standards mark is mandatory for automotive tyres and tubes, but AGMARK is not issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Analysis
Statement 1 is CORRECT. Certification from the Bureau of Indian Standards was made mandatory for automotive tyres and tubes in 2010. Statement 2 is INCORRECT. AGMARK is a certification mark for agricultural products in India, assuring conformity to standards approved by the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, an agency of the Government of India, and it is legally enforced under the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act of 1937 as amended. It is an Indian national mark, not a United Nations one.
Source
Press reporting on the mandatory BIS certification for tyres and tubes.
How to crack it
The Food and Agriculture Organization sets international norms and codes but does not run national certification marks, because certification requires domestic legal enforcement and inspection machinery that only a national government possesses. Ask whether the claimed issuer has enforcement power in India, and international bodies fail that test. Keep the Indian marks tabulated with their statutes, since BIS, AGMARK, FSSAI, Hallmark and the Geographical Indication registry all recur.