These certifications are managed by various agencies, and hold various statuses before the law.
All the industrial standardisation and industrial product certifications are governed by the Bureau of Indian Standards often abbreviated as BIS,[1] the national standards organisation of India, while standards for other areas (like agricultural products) are developed and managed by other governmental agencies.
The state enforced certification marks presently in India are (alphabetical list): labels required by the law in India, but are not exactly certifications marks (alphabetical list).
There are other non-statutory certification marks or schemes in India which are promoted by the Government of India, by policy, or through governmental or semi-governmental agencies.
But these certifications bear no legal status in the nation and are purely promotional in nature.