What is Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS)

  • Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has notified "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012" on 3 Oct 2012 for fifteen categories of electronics items.Another 15 product categories were added by MeitY under this order on 13 Nov 2014.

    Another 13 product categories were added by MeitY under this order on 23 August 2017.


  • Ministry of New and Renewal Energy(MNRE) has notified products under Solar Photovoltaics, Systems, Devices and Components Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2017 dated 05th September 2017.


  • As per the Order, no person shall manufacture or store for sale, import, sell or distribute goods which do not conform to the Indian standard specified in the order. Manufacturers of these products are required to apply for registration from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) after getting their product tested from BIS recognized labs.


  • Bureau of Indian Standards then registers the manufacturers under its registration scheme who are permitted to declare that their articles conform to the Indian Standard (s). The registered manufacturers are then allowed to put the Standard Mark notified by the Bureau.


  • Compulsory Registration Scheme is operated under Scheme - II of BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.