BIS certification: Lenovo finds deadline unrealistic

BANGALORE, INDIA: Lenovo India has termed the government's Oct 3 deadline for getting BIS certification for imported electronic products products as un realistic and has demanded extension on the same.

The Indian Government has made BIS certification mandatory for about 15 categories of products and the deadline for the same is 3rd October,2013.

Rahul Agarwal, executive director-commercial business segment of PC maker Lenovo India said: "There has been a proliferation of IT products in our daily lives and the BIS certification initiative is a positive step towards encouraging only genuine products in the market. The volume of the products applying for the certification is overwhelming across categories, but the deadline is too short. The October 3 deadline is unrealistic and the government has to put more resources on the job to shorten the turnaround time. We are hopeful that the deadline will be extended, allowing the companies to submit their products without paying a late fee. Lenovo submitted 150 products and only about 50 had been certified yet. Overall, the intent is good, but execution was not planned to support the volumes of new products."