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BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the national standards body of India became functional as a statutory body under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 with effect from April 1, 1987 taking over staff, assets and liabilities of Indian Standards Institution established in 1947. The Bureau is successfully promoting and nurturing the standardization movement in the country. Its logo has dark blue triangle which protects the red solid circle. This circle also sits exactly above the scale point, below which the motto in Sanskrit ‘Manakaha pathapradarshakaha’ meaning ‘standards for humanity’ is written. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India, Annual Report  2011-12, 2012 https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1

GS1-INDIA GS1- India is a not for profit supply chain standards body promoted by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, FIEO, IMC, APEDA, Spices Board, IIP and BIS to spread awareness and provide guidance on adoption of global standards in supply chain management by Indian industry for the benefit of consumers, industry, government etc. GS1 India is the only organisation in India authorized to issue company prefix numbers for use in barcodes, RFID tags etc. for unique, unambiguous and universal identification of products, cartons, containers etc. GS1 standards find wide application in supply chains across sectors for unique yet universal product, consignment and entity identification, electronic data interchange (EDI), product data synchronisation etc. GS1 standards are the defacto global standards in identification of consumer products in retail. GS1 standards enable improved efficiency, safety and visibility of supply chains across physical and digital c