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India’s desi gaming startups tap culture and storytelling to break China’s grip on toy and board game marketIn the vibrant world of play, Indian board games and toys are experiencing a renaissance. Consumers are leaning towards locally inspired op...
Indian toy brand Legend of Toys raises Rs 21 crore in Pre-Series A roundLegend of Toys, an Indian toy brand, has raised R 21 crore in funding. This capital will drive growth in new play categories, marketing, an...
Over 91 pc of toys tested by BIS found compliant with quality normsThe Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) reports high compliance among toys. Most samples meet quality standards since January 2021. BIS is inc...
Explained: Why Amazon and Flipkart are under the scanner for non-certified productsThe Bureau of Indian Standards carried out search and seizure operations at several Amazon and Flipkart warehouses in Lucknow, Gurugram, an...
Govt to bring more products under mandatory quality norm: Piyush GoyalConsumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal has announced that the government plans to expand the range of products covered by mandatory quality...
Quality control: Govt to issue measures to stop imports of sub-standard goodsThe government will come up with as many as 58 quality control orders (QCOs) for products such as aluminium, copper items and household ele...
Over 30,000 substandard toys seized so far this fiscal: Piyush Goyal in Rajya SabhaThe minister said that safety of toys is under compulsory Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification from January 1, 2021 as per the To...
Customs dept closely monitoring toy imports, newer modus operandi adopted to circumvent BIS norms: CBICThe CBIC on Saturday said the customs department is closely monitoring import of toys and continuously tackling newer modus operandi adopte...
Over 18,000 toys seized from Hamleys, Archies and WH Smith for 'lack of quality'"We received complaints from domestic manufacturers of the sale of toys that do not conform to the BIS standard. We conducted 44 raids in t...
Over 18,500 toys seized from Hamleys, Archies and other retail stores for lack of BIS quality markSince January 1, 2021, the government has made it mandatory for toys to conform with safety norms specified by the Bureau of Indian Standar...
CCPA issues notices to Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal for alleged sale of toys without BIS quality markCentral Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) on Thursday issued notices to Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal for alleged sale of toys without B...
Govt not yet issued quality certificate to 160 Chinese cos for selling toys in IndiaConsumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said the government plans to bring more products under the mandatory quality control order (QC...
BIS urges consumers to buy toys with ISI markBIS urged consumers to buy toys bearing 'ISI mark' from the market as such products have mandatory quality certification.
Govt plans crackdown on sellers of low-quality toys, wants manufacturers to follow BIS standardsThe government will tighten noose on toy sellers selling non-certified toys. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the national standards body,...
India likely to be Ikea’s top market for children’s rangeIkea said its products are also compliant with the BIS standards but its suppliers do not have the BIS marking yet.
To promote domestic industry, India to start licence regime for toy imports from MarchDPIIT recently extended the enforcement of compulsory certification by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for toys to January 1, 2021, from S...
Can India be a toy hub of the world, as PM Modi has exhorted? It’s a tough gameIndustry experts also say the PM’s call to develop India into a toy hub and the commerce ministry’s move to make BIS certification compulso...
India extends quality norms enforcement deadline for domestic toy industry to Jan 2021The move came in the wake of a study by the Quality Council of India (QCI) revealing that 67% of imported toys failed a testing survey, whi...
From September 1, entry of imported toys in India only after quality testing: PaswanThe government is in the process of making quality standards mandatory for 371 tariff lines ranging from steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals ...
US, EU oppose India's proposed quality regulations for imported toysThe US and EU have opposed India's proposed quality regulations for imported toys, saying the legislation requires disclosure of extensive ...