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STANDARDISATION IN
BANGLADESH
It has been more than two thousand years since
the rulers of Bengal put stress in the Field of |
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quality.
But during the long years since then, development of Quality management
used to be very slow. Activities on quality were limited before
the 2nd world War. The history of quality management in this subcontinent
dates back to pre independent days when the Indian standards Institution
was established in pursuance of the British Indian Government resolution
in 1946. After partition the Indian standards Institution with Headquarter
in Delhi remained there. Pakistan felt the necessity of a standard
organization and accordingly a division of standardization started
working as a part of the Central testing laboratories. Since late
1950s the qualitymanagement work been progressing. |
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Central Testing laboratory (CTL) government department was established
in Dhaka in 1956 to provide testing facilities to government, private
industries, organizations and business community. On 3rd October
1958 the Pakistan Standards Institution was established as an autonomous
body with it’s headquartered in Karachi. A branch Office of
Pakistan standards Institution was set up in Dhaka in 1963.The status
of this office was later raised to Regional Office. Another office
was set up at Chittagong in the in the name of Certification Marks
Inspectorate in the Year 1966. |
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.........With
the Liberation of our country as an independent and sovereign state
the Regional office of the erstwhile Pakistan standards Institution
started functioning as Bangladesh Standards Institution. |
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| TABLE:
STANDARDS INSTITUTION OF THE SUBCONTINENT |
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| SI.No. |
Name
of the Institution |
Headquarter |
Year
of Establishment |
| 1 |
Indian Standards Institution
(Bureau of Indian standards)
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Delhi |
1946 |
| 2 |
Central Testing Laboratories |
Dhaka |
1956 |
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Pakistan Standards Institution |
Karachi |
1958 |
| 4 |
Bangladesh Standards Institution
(Dhaka Branch of erstwhile Pakistan standards Institution)
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Dhaka |
1963 |
| 5 |
Bangladesh Standards &
Testing institution
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Dhaka |
1985 |
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| Laws governing
the activities of BSTI ordinances: |
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1. The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
Ordinance 37 0f 1985. |
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2. The Standards of Weights and Measures Ordinance XII
of 1982. |
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3. The Bangladesh Standards
and Testing Institution (Amendment) Ordinance XI of 1988. |
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4. The Standards of Weights and Measures (Amendment)
Act 2001. |
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| Regulations: |
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1. The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
Employee Service Rules, 1989. |
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2. The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
Rules 1989. |
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3. The Standards of Weights and Measures Rules 1982. |
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4. The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
Employee (Pension & Gratuity Rules 2002). |
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