The Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister has called for embarking on Mission 'one nation one standard' and make India the leader in setting global benchmarks in setting standards. He said that lab testing in India should be of world standards and modern equipment and latest technologies should be used. BIS should explore international partnerships and associations to achieve synergy in the field. He said that "gap analysis" of BIS and government labs be taken up on a priority basis as well. In management parlance, gap analysis refers to the comparison of actual performance with potential or desired performance.

The BIS has shared the Indian Standards catalogue and guidelines for adoption of Indian Standards with National Standards Bodies (NSBs) of 21 countries with whom India has cooperation arrangements.  This is to create awareness on indigenous Indian Standards among developing and least developed countries and to encourage them to use these wherever suitable, the consumer affairs ministry has urged the external affairs ministry to disseminate information on free availability of indigenous Indian Standards in countries through Indian missions.

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has brought out 'BIS Talks' Films series on standardization in different technology sectors. The films are primarily educational in nature and present an overview of the standardization activities carried out through Technical Committees of BIS. It is envisaged that this knowledge would enable various stakeholders such as industry, academia, research & development institutions, Govt. Bodies, laboratories etc. to reap the benefits of standardization and also to contribute towards strengthening it through their valuable inputs. The 'BIS Talks' Films can be accessed through our website www.bis.gov.in or directly through the link  http://203.153.41.213:8081/php/bistalks/.

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