GS1 INDIA

GS1 India: 

• GS1 India is a Standards body (registered under Societies Registration Act 1860) with founder members comprising Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, FIEO, IMC, APEDA, Spices Board, IIP and BIS. 
  
  
• It is affiliated with GS1 a not for profit global standards organisation. 
  
  
• GS1 India mission is to improve the efficiency, safety and visibility of supply chains across physical and digital channels through the use of global GS1 standards. 
  
  

GS1: 

• GS1 is a not-for-profit, industry-led global organisation headquartered in Brussels and oversees operations of 112 GS1 Organisations across the world. 
  
  
• Over two million companies, across 25 industry sectors such as Retail, Healthcare, Transport and Logistics use GS1 standards. The majority of GS1 standards are endorsed and referenced in ISO standards. 
  
  
• GeM will access product data from GS1 India’s DataKart, the National repository of information on attributes of millions of retail products in the country.