In 2012, Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) was introduced by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) now known as Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) along with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Under this scheme it is mandatory for manufacturers to get their products registered before launching them in market.
BIS Registration is essential for all the electronic products, which are listed in Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS). If manufacturers want to sell the particular product in India then they need to apply for this registration for importing the product in India or doing sales in the Indian market. All manufacturers, irrespective of their origin, will need a unique registration number for the product, which they want to sell in India.