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ITANAGAR, 14 Feb:<\/strong> The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Guwahati branch, with the support of LM&CA department of Arunachal government organized a sensitization program for all district level officials of LM&CA department of the state on Wednesday.<\/p>\n The event featured an array of informative sessions, aiming at enhancing understanding and compliance with standards.<\/p>\n BIS Guwahati branch head Sabyasachi Dhar, in his address, requested the district-level officials to ensure that<\/p>\n products “under mandatory certification bear the ISI mark when procured.” Dhar also asked the officials to monitor local market to ensure that the products bear the standard ISI mark.<\/p>\n He also spoke on the ongoing efforts to sensitize Gram Panchayats and district-level officials, alongside the establishment of “Standard Clubs” in schools in a bid to further promote quality standards.<\/p>\n The participants were also enlightened about the significance of the HUID, a unique six-digit alphanumeric code engraved on gold jewellery. Purity and authenticity of the jewellery can be checked by using the “verify HUID” feature in the BIS Care App.<\/p>\n Standard promotion officer Jishnu Das said, “There are over 450 products falling under mandatory certification, a comprehensive list which was made available through the BIS Care App.”<\/p>\n Earlier, Legal metrology & consumer affairs secretary Opak Gao spoke on the importance of adhering to standards in quality culture of products in the state.<\/p>\n LM&CA additional secretary B.J Duia highlighted the importance of collective efforts in promoting standards adherence and consumer protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ITANAGAR, 14 Feb: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Guwahati branch, with the support of LM&CA department of Arunachal government organized a sensitization program for all district level officials of LM&CA department of the state on Wednesday. The event featured an array of informative sessions, aiming at enhancing understanding and compliance with standards. BIS Guwahati […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-234874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}