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Number of Companies Seeking NS Mark Dismal

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August 24: The number of industries has been increasing in the country in the recent days but the companies acquiring Nepal Standard (NS) mark is relatively low. The number of companies taking the NS mark has been low as the government has not made it mandatory for all the products to acquire the NS mark.

Manoj Kumar Upadhyay, of Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology, informed that the government has made it compulsory for 12 kinds of products to get the NS mark.

Those products requiring the NS mark include OPC, PPC and PLC cements and rods; LPG cylinder; LPG valve, LPG regulator; battery; PVC cable and GI wire.

Upadhyay informed that the process to make NS mark compulsory for LPG bottling plants is also underway.

The products meeting the criteria of NS mark cannot be sold in the market without displaying the mark.

Of late, various industries are booming due to the investment-friendly environment. According to the Department of Industry, a total of 7031 industries have been registered till the end of last fiscal year 2016/17. However, they have not given due attention to acquire the NS mark.  

According to Sanjeev Kumar Thakur, information officer at Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology, altogether 212 industries have acquired NS mark for 292 products as of 2016/17.

The bureau had started providing the NS mark since 1990.

The products which meet the criteria set by the bureau can display the NS mark for up to three years. After that, they companies have to renew the license. To obtain the license of NS mark, the companies have to pay annual fee on different heads. They have to provide Rs 20,000 as deposit while the companies requiring NS mark for more than one product have to pay additional charges. The renewal fee is Rs 1000 per year. 

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