<P> The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the national Standards Body of India working under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India . It is established by the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 which came into effect on 23rd December 1986 . The Minister in charge of the Ministry or Department having administrative control of the BIS is the ex-officio President of the BIS . </P> <P> The organisation was formerly the Indian Standards Institution (ISI), set up under the Resolution of the then Department of Industries and Supplies No. 1 Std. (4) / 45, dated 3 September 1946 . The ISI was registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 . </P> <P> As a corporate body, it has 25 members drawn from Central or State Governments, industry, scientific and research institutions, and consumer organisations . Its headquarters are in New Delhi, with regional offices in Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Delhi and 20 branch offices . It also works as WTO - TBT enquiry point for India . </P> <P> It is a comprehensive building code for regulating the building construction activities across the country which was first published in 1970 . Preliminary Draft Amendment No. 1 to NBC 2005 Part 11 "Approach to Sustainability" was put into circulation a preliminary draft amendment and BIS accepted the feedback from people till 15th March 2013 . </P>

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