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- Recently, World Standards Day (or International Standards Day) was celebrated internationally on 14 October.
- In India, it was celebrated by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards).
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
Important initiatives taken for effective implementation of the BIS Act, 2016
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About the Day
- Aim:
- To raise awareness among regulators, industry, and consumers as to the importance of standardization to the global economy.
- Theme:
- Shared Vision for a Better World’ Standards for Sustainable Development Goals.
- Background:
- The date marks the day in the year 1946, when delegates from 25 countries gathered in London for the first time and decided to conceive an international organization focused on facilitating standardization.
- While ISO was formed one year later, the first World Standards Day was celebrated in the 1970s.
- The day honours the efforts of the thousands of experts who develop voluntary standards within organizations such as the ASME, IEC, ISO, ITU, IEEE and IETF.
Source:PIB
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