In FY 2024–25, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) conducted market surveillance of products sold through e-commerce and quick commerce platforms. A total of 344 samples, falling under mandatory BIS certification as per various Quality Control Orders, were procured. Out of these, 142 samples were found to be without a valid BIS Certification.

Since FY 2024-25, investigations into these violations have led to search and seizure operations at 22 warehouses of E-commerce platforms. These include three search and seizure operations each in the States/UTs of Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, and Maharashtra; two search and seizure operations each in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu; and one search and seizure operation each in Gujarat, Odisha, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Company-wise details of the warehouses where these search and seizure operations were conducted are as follows:

1.  Amazon – 14 warehouses
2. Instakart – 7 warehouses
3. Blinkit – 1 warehouse

A series of enforcement raids have been conducted on dark stores of e-commerce companies, and wide publicity has been given through print media, social media, and electronic media including BIS social media handles on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/indianstandards/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ IndianStandards/) and Twitter(X) (https://x.com/IndianStandards) to generate awareness amongst stakeholders.

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri B.L. Verma in a written reply today in the Lok Sabha.

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Abhishek Dayal/Nihi Sharma

(Release ID: 2153159)