In a significant step in direction of ushering highway security, the Union authorities on Saturday appealed to shoppers throughout the nation to make use of solely Bureau of Indian Requirements (BIS)-certified helmets.
The Division of Shopper Affairs additionally known as for strict enforcement in opposition to the manufacture or sale of helmets with out BIS certification.
Based on knowledge from the Ministry of Shopper Affairs, Meals and Public Distribution, India has over 21 crore two-wheelers on roads. Whereas carrying a helmet is obligatory underneath the Motor Autos Act, 1988, its effectiveness depends upon high quality. Sub-standard helmets compromise safety and defeat their objective.
To deal with this, a High quality Management Order has been in power since 2021, mandating ISI-marked helmets licensed underneath BIS requirements (IS 4151:2015) for all two-wheeler riders.
“As of June 2025, there are 176 producers throughout India holding legitimate BIS licenses for protecting helmets,” the Ministry stated.
“The Division has noticed that many helmets offered on roadsides lack the obligatory BIS certification, posing vital dangers to shoppers and quite a few fatalities in highway accidents. Subsequently, there may be an pressing have to deal with this problem head-on,” it added.
In a bid to implement high quality requirements, BIS often conducts manufacturing unit and market surveillance. Within the final monetary yr, it examined over 500 helmet samples, and greater than 30 search-and-seizure operations had been carried out for misuse of the BIS Commonplace Mark.
“In a single Delhi operation, over 2,500 non-compliant helmets had been seized from 9 producers with expired or cancelled licences.
Comparable motion at 17 retail and roadside areas led to the seizure of round 500 substandard helmets, with authorized proceedings underway,” the Ministry stated.
Additional, BIS has added a provision on the BIS Care App and BIS portal to verify whether or not a helmet producer is licensed or not and likewise permits customers to lodge a criticism on the BIS Care App.
As a part of a nationwide shopper consciousness initiative, BIS organises the High quality Join marketing campaign the place ‘Manak Mitra’ volunteers have interaction straight with shoppers to offer info on obligatory certification for helmets and different merchandise.
