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Unit - 1 A

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1.1 Respective roles of various stakeholders: Government (constituting regulatory bodies
and standardization organisations, prescribing norms to ensure safety of the citizens)

Standardization Bodies (ex. BIS, IRC)(formulating standards of practice)

Under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986, Bureau establishes Indian Standardsin relation
to any article or process and amends, revises or cancels the standards soestablished as may be
necessary, by a process of consultation with consumers,manufacturers, technologists, scientists
and officials through duly constitutedcommittees.Standardization is an activity of establishing,
with regard to actual or potential problems, provisions for common and repeated use, aimed at
the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context.

The broad aims of standardization can be summarized as:

a) Provision of means of communication amongst all interested parties;

b) Promotion of economy in human effort, materials and energy in the production and exchange
of goods

c) Protection of consumer interests through adequate and consistent quality of goods and
services;

d) Promotion of the quality of life, safety, health and the protection of environment;

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