8 months ago
BIS Introduces 12 New Standards for AI, Payments, and Industrial Systems
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has announced 12 new standards to improve various sectors in India.
These standards cover artificial intelligence (AI), payment security, audit data, industrial systems, and campus facilities.
The AI standards focus on data quality, ensuring that data used in AI systems is well-managed and audited.
The payment security standard updates guidelines for secure financial devices like ATMs and POS terminals.
New audit data standards help with customs and financial reporting.
Industrial standards include updates for lifts, electrical machines, and optical fibres.
A new standard for campus facilities aims to improve the quality of educational institutions' infrastructure and services.
These changes align India's technical norms with global standards and support the country's digital and industrial modernization efforts.
BIS has introduced 12 new standards covering AI, payment security, audit data, industrial systems, and campus facilities.
Four new AI data-quality standards align with global practices, focusing on data classification, measurement, management, and auditing.
A new payment security standard for financial cryptographic devices will replace the 2019 version but remain in effect until May 2026.
Two new audit data standards for customs and financial reporting aim to improve machine-readable audit trails.
Industrial standards include updates for lifts, rotating electrical machines, optical fibre testing, and reliability growth and stress testing.
- Who
- Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
- What
- Introduced 12 new standards covering AI, payment security, audit data, industrial systems, and campus facilities
- Where
- India
- When
- Recent notification
- Why
- To align with global standards and modernize digital and industrial infrastructure
Key facts
- Organization
- Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
- Number of New Standards
- 12
- Key Areas Covered
- AI, Payment Security, Audit Data, Industrial Systems, Campus Facilities
- Global Alignment
- ISO and IEC frameworks
- AI Data Quality Standards
- 4
- Payment Security Standard Transition Period
- Until May 2026
- Industrial Standards
- Lifts, Rotating Electrical Machines, Optical Fibre Testing, Reliability Growth and Stress Testing
- Campus Facilities Standard
- Physical Infrastructure, Services, Student Facilities
Quotes
Dr Srinivas Padmanabhuni
Chief Technology Officer of AIEnsured, a testing suite for AI products
“BIS’s AI data-quality standards define how organisations classify datasets, measure quality, manage lifecycle controls, and maintain audit trails in ML (machine language) workflows.”
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“Compliance requires quantitative checks for accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and bias, supported by governance policies and full provenance records. Adoption is voluntary but highly relevant for regulated sectors such as healthcare, finance, insurance, and government.”
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Ankit Aggarwal
Founder of Unstop, a talent engagement and hiring platform
“By formalizing standards on how AI datasets should be structured, measured, and audited, the government has addressed a critical gap in India’s rapidly expanding AI ecosystem. This move will elevate industry-wide data governance and bring Indian innovation closer to global benchmarks.”
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