BIS Raids amazon And flipkart Warehouses In delhi, Seizes Over 4,000 Substandard Goods
New Delhi: The Bureau of indian Standards (BIS) has performed huge raids on amazon and flipkart warehouses right here, seizing thousands of products lacking proper certification, the authorities stated on Thursday.
In a 15-hour operation on march 19 at an amazon Sellers Pvt Ltd warehouse in the Mohan Cooperative commercial region, BIS officials confiscated more than 3,500 electrical products, which include geysers and meal mixers, valued at about Rs 70 lakh.
A separate raid at Instakart services, a flipkart subsidiary, resulted in the seizure of 590 pairs of sports shoes without required manufacturing marks, worth round Rs 6 lakh, a legitimate assertion stated.
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This operation is a part of a broader nationwide force by using BIS to enforce best standards. In the past month, comparable raids have been performed in more than one place, which includes delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Lucknow, and Sriperumbudur.
Those raids are essential to making sure customer safety and maintaining high-quality product requirements, the statement added.
Currently, 769 product classes require obligatory certification from indian regulators. Selling or dispensing those gadgets without the right licensing can bring about criminal penalties, together with the possibility of imprisonment and fines under the BIS Act of 2016.
Amazon and flipkart have not yet commented on the raids.
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