To protect consumer’s interest, BIS operates various conformity assessment schemes. Under these schemes, BIS grants licenses/registrations to such manufacturers who are capable of producing goods conforming to relevant Indian Standards, on continuous basis. To support these schemes, which requires testing of products on regular basis for checking conformity to the relevant Indian Standards, BIS has established a network of ten laboratories. The Jammu and Kashmir Branch Laboratory (JKBL) located on the first floor within the premises of Jammu & Kashmir Branch Office (JKBO) at Bureau of Indian Standards Lane No.4, SIDCO Industrial Complex, Bari Brahmana, Jammu – 181133 (J&K) is one of them.

Established in September 2022, Jammu and Kashmir Branch Laboratory (JKBL) serves as a dedicated facility specializing exclusively in the analysis of purity of gold samples for the J&K region in accordance with IS 1418 standard.

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