Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS)

Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS)

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Health

In News:

• BIS is working to incorporate maximum permissible limit of Uranium as 0.03 mg/l (as per WHO provisional guidelines) in all drinking water standards
• Elevated uranium level in drinking water may be associated with kidney toxicity
• BIS is the National Standard Body of India established under the BIS Act 2016 for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods