HELMET STANDARDS

Nov. 28, 2020

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has revised the two-wheeler helmet standards in India.

About:

  • Now helmets in India will come under compulsory Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification and publication of Quality Control Order (QCO). According to a recent report, the new norms will see the 1.2 kg weight limit for helmets being done away with, which was implemented in 2018.

  • The rule restricted the sale of imported helmets in India that did not carry the ISI mark and weighed considerably more than the weight cap under the BIS norms.

  • However, the revised standard will allow the sale of imported helmets, though they will still need to comply with the Indian Standard (IS) norms.

Source : PIB