BIS CRS fees in 2026: the new yearly schedule, every government charge and the old 2018 table

These are BIS's CRS fees under Scheme-II para 5 of the BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, as substituted on 25 February 2026 by Gazette of India No. 142^[1]. Every amount excludes tax; GST is added to each payment^[3].

The PDF fee table still linked on crsbis.in is dated 4 June 2018 and shows the old one-time Rs 50,000 processing fee^[3]. That table has been replaced. The Gazette is the governing text, and the portal's payment screen shows the amount due^[1].

Yes. The BIS (Conformity Assessment) Amendment Regulations, 2026 were notified as F. No. BS/XI/11/01/2025-26 in Gazette of India Extraordinary No. 142 on 25 February 2026, with a corrigendum dated 28 April 2026^[1]. They substituted the whole of Scheme-II, including its fee paragraph^[1].

What changed. Under the 2018 table the processing fee was a one-time Rs 50,000 per application, including one test report^[3]. It is now Rs 25,000 per application every year, paid in advance, for grant and for keeping the licence running^[1]. A licence is granted for up to five years and renewed for up to five more^[6]. The MSME concession now runs at the higher rates to 31 May 2029^[1].

The yearly due date matters. If the annual fee with production statement is not received by the due date, the licence stands suspended for 90 days. Paying within that window with a Rs 5,000 late fee lifts the suspension; otherwise the licence is cancelled^[1].

What to do now. Budget with the 2026 schedule on this page. The PDF table on crsbis.in still shows the 2018 figures^[3], but the Gazette governs and the portal shows the exact amount at payment. Keep every payment receipt with your licence file.

The government fees doubled on 4 June 2018^[7]. On 25 February 2026 the processing fee went back to Rs 25,000, but as a yearly charge paid in advance^[1]. The flat Rs 1,000 application and annual licence fees have not moved in either change.

The table puts the three regimes side by side. The right-hand column is the schedule in force today^[1]; the middle column is the superseded 2018 table that crsbis.in still links. Track every dated change on our 2026 rule changes page and the compliance calendar.

Application fee (Rs 1,000). A flat charge for each application^[1]. Since each brand needs its own application unless the brand owner is the same^[4], and each factory holds its own licence^[5], a factory making three brands for three owners pays it three times.

Processing fee (Rs 25,000 a year). The main BIS charge. Since 25 February 2026 it is charged per application every year, in advance, for grant and for each year the licence stays in operation^[1]. Under the 2018 table it was Rs 50,000 once and included one test report^[3]. On our reading, this is BIS's fee for processing, not the lab's charge for producing the report.

Additional test report (Rs 20,000). If the application covers models that need more than one test report, each extra report costs Rs 20,000, paid in advance^[1]. How many reports you need depends on MeitY's grouping and series guidelines: models in one series can share testing, and series models can be added with a supplementary report referring to an accepted original^[4]. We have not found official confirmation of whether a supplementary series report attracts the Rs 20,000 charge, so ask BIS or your lab.

Annual licence fee (Rs 1,000). Charged every year, paid in advance with the production statement^[1][6].

Inclusion fee (Rs 30,000). Adds new models or varieties to an existing licence, or extends its scope, at Rs 30,000 per application^[1]. Each additional test report in an application is Rs 20,000^[1]. Inclusion is filed on Form VIII A after testing the new model^[9].

Service requests (Rs 5,000 each). After grant, each request costs Rs 5,000: change of name, address, management, Indian representative, e-mail or contact details, model withdrawal, or updating the critical components list^[1].

Model withdrawal. Removing a model is done online^[10] and counts as a Rs 5,000 service request in the 2026 schedule^[1].

The fee schedule covers only what BIS charges. A real CRS budget has other lines, none of which BIS sets:

• Lab testing charges. Testing is done by a BIS-recognised lab^[4]. On our reading the lab's own charges sit outside the BIS fee table, and rates vary by product and lab.
• Shipping the sample. The sample must reach the lab within 60 days of generating the test request^[11].
• Notary and stamp paper. The affidavit is executed on Rs 100 non-judicial stamp paper and notarised^[12], and the original must be sent by post or courier so that BIS receives it within 30 days of online submission^[13].
• Authorised Indian Representative. There is no separate government fee for nominating an AIR in the fee schedule^[3], but an AIR that is not your own office or brand owner will usually charge for the service.
• Consultants and translations. Optional, and privately priced. A certified English translation of a foreign business licence is needed for portal login^[11].

For typical private costs see the total cost of CRS registration.

Yes, if the manufacturer is an Indian micro, small or medium enterprise or a start-up. The 2026 regulations set the concession on the processing fee at 80% for micro enterprises and start-ups, 50% for small and 20% for medium enterprises until 31 May 2029, and 20% for all MSMEs from 1 June 2029^[1].

This replaces the 2024 schedule, under which the concession would have fallen to 20% for everyone on 1 June 2026^[14]. MSME status follows the MSMED Act 2006, so check that your manufacturer qualifies before counting on it, and check the concession the portal applies before you pay.

Only the processing fee. The 2026 text gives the concession on the processing fee^[1], and BIS's fee structure marks the 80/50/20% concession against the application processing fee, the renewal processing fee and the extra per-year renewal fee, and nothing else^[7]. The Rs 1,000 application fee, the annual licence fee, the Rs 20,000 per extra test report and the Rs 5,000 service requests are paid in full.

Worked example. A micro enterprise filing one application with three test reports pays, in year one, Rs 1,000 application, Rs 5,000 processing (Rs 25,000 less 80%), Rs 40,000 for two extra reports and Rs 1,000 licence fee: Rs 47,000 before GST, against Rs 67,000 for a large firm^[1]. The saving is Rs 20,000 in year one and again in every later year, all on the processing line.

Who qualifies. The concession follows the applicant's status, and the applicant under CRS is the factory^[5]. An Indian importer's own Udyam registration does not cut the fee for a factory in Shenzhen. BIS's January 2025 advisory asks MSME applicants for the current year's MSME certificate^[15], so an expired certificate means a query, not a discount. Compare the ISI mark fee concessions, which also run to 31 May 2029, for marking fees^[16].

These examples add up the government fees under the 2026 schedule, before GST. Lab and service charges are extra. Each uses the figures from the table above^[1]. The CRS fee calculator does the same sums for your numbers.

Year one counts one year of processing and licence fee, both paid in advance. Later years repeat those two lines, Rs 26,000 a year for a firm without a concession.

Under the 2026 schedule, one model with one report costs Rs 27,000 in year one and Rs 1,31,000 in BIS fees over five years. That is about the same as the Rs 1,32,000 the 2018 table charged for a two-year licence and a three-year renewal. What changed is the timing: the cost is now spread across every year, and the first-year cash is about half.

All columns use one application, one test report and the Rs 1,000 annual licence fee each year^[1]. Column A follows the superseded 2018 table: a two-year licence with Rs 50,000 processing at grant^[3][8], then a three-year renewal at Rs 1,000 application, Rs 50,000 renewal processing and Rs 25,000 for the year beyond two^[3]. Column B charges Rs 25,000 processing every year in advance^[1]. Columns C and D apply the 80% micro and 50% small concessions to column B^[1]; a medium enterprise at 20% pays Rs 1,06,000 over five years. All figures exclude GST^[3] and lab charges. To redo the sums for your own range, use the CRS fee calculator or the wider compliance cost estimator.

For the same brand and factory, inclusion is the route, at Rs 30,000 per application^[1]. A second licence would cost Rs 27,000 in year one and another Rs 26,000 every year after^[1], so over a five-year licence one inclusion is far cheaper. A new application is required only when the brand owner or the factory changes.

Three rules decide which route you can take:

• Same brand, same factory: use inclusion on Form VIII A after testing the new model^[9].
• New brand with a different owner: a separate application is required^[4], so you pay the full grant fees again.
• Duplicate filings: BIS grants one registration number per manufacturer, product and brand. If it spots two applications for the same product and brand, it rejects the pending ones and cancels R-numbers already granted^[17].

Series planning saves more than either route. A series of up to ten models for most electronics can sit on one lead-model report^[18], so ten power bank capacities that meet the grouping criteria may need one Rs 30,000 inclusion rather than ten. Our series guidelines page sets out the grouping rules by product.

Lab charges are not in BIS's fee table, and they often exceed it. BIS's LIMS portal shows each recognised lab's declared price per standard; on 1 November 2026 the medians ran from about Rs 45,000 to Rs 80,000 depending on the standard.

The ranges below are the declared charges, excluding taxes, published on LIMS. Add the BIS fees from the tables above to get your government-plus-lab total. Read our CRS test labs guide on why the price on LIMS is not always the invoice, and see the regional lab pages under BIS-recognised labs.

For one model at the median lab price, government fees plus testing come to roughly Rs 91,000 in year one for an IS 13252 product before GST: Rs 27,000 in BIS fees plus a lab charge near the Rs 63,750 median^[1][19]. Each later year adds Rs 26,000 in BIS fees. Service fees, if you use one, are extra.

Consultancy quotes are packaged differently, which confuses comparisons. One consultancy lists an 'application fee' of Rs 15,340, a lab fee of Rs 25,000 and a professional fee of Rs 14,999, plus Rs 10,000 extra for foreign or non-MSME applicants^[22]. Its 'application fee' is not BIS's Rs 1,000 application fee; it bundles government charges in a way the quote does not break down. Ask any BIS consultant for a line-by-line split between BIS fees, lab fees and their own fee, and compare that split against the official schedule on this page. Our guide to choosing a BIS consultant lists the questions to ask, and the full CRS cost breakdown adds shipping, notary and AIR costs.

Not in the listed fees: the CRS schedule has one set of rates for every applicant^[1], though only Indian MSMEs and start-ups get the processing fee concession^[1]. Foreign factories pay more in practice because they need an Authorised Indian Representative, a translated business licence and courier time for the original affidavit.

• AIR. A foreign applicant must nominate an Authorised Indian Representative on Form IV^[4]. BIS charges nothing for the first nomination, but Rs 5,000 to change it later^[3].
• Login documents. A business licence in a foreign language needs a certified English translation before the portal account opens^[11].
• Affidavit by courier. The original notarised affidavit must reach BIS within 30 days of online submission^[13], which means international courier time.
• Consultant surcharges. One consultancy adds Rs 10,000 for foreign or non-MSME applicants^[22]; this is a private charge, not a BIS fee.

For the comparison with ISI-mark products, where foreign factories pay inspection travel and a USD 10,000 bank guarantee, see FMCS fees. The foreign manufacturers guide and the China import guide cover the rest of the route.

Only in narrow cases. BIS does not refund fees when an application, inclusion or renewal is rejected after processing because of unsatisfactory replies^[23]. Two exceptions exist.

1. Withdrawal before processing. If you withdraw within 24 hours of submission, or before processing starts, BIS refunds the fees minus the application fee and taxes^[23].
2. Wrong route. If you filed a grant when you needed an inclusion, or the reverse, fees can be refunded once you re-apply on the correct route^[23].

In practice the money is lost at the query stage, not at payment. A rejected Rs 67,000 multi-report application has to be paid again in full on a fresh filing, and the test reports may have aged past 90 days by then^[4]. Our rejections guide lists the queries BIS raises most often.

Late renewal. If renewal is applied for after the licence validity date, a Rs 5,000 late fee applies, and the renewal must be filed within 90 days of the validity date or the licence expires^[2].

Late yearly fee. Under the 2026 rules, if the annual fee with production statement is not received by the due date, the licence stands suspended for 90 days, with no prior notice. Paying within that window with a Rs 5,000 late fee lifts the suspension; otherwise the licence is cancelled^[1][24].

Appeal. If BIS passes an order against you, for example that a licence has expired, you can appeal to the BIS Director General within 90 days. The appeal fee is Rs 2,000^[2].

Penalties are separate. Selling or importing notified goods without the Standard Mark under a valid licence breaches section 17 of the BIS Act^[25], and section 29 as published sets fines starting at Rs 2 lakh for a first contravention^[25]. Compared with that, the registration fees are small.

The expensive mistakes are not underpayments; they are filings that have to be repeated. Each row below is a real rule, with the fix.

Fees are paid online on crsbis.in as part of the application^[11]. The order is: accept Form II online, pay, then upload the sealed and signed Form I, the AIR nomination (for foreign factories) and the notarised affidavit^[13]. Under the 2026 rules, fees fall due every year in advance during the licence^[6], so diarise the annual due date as soon as the licence is granted.

For the full application sequence, see how to register under BIS CRS and the documents you need.

The portal's payment screen is the final word: it shows the amount due for your application at the time you pay^[11]. Before that, three sources help. Our India compliance fees data page lists government fees across BIS, BEE, WPC and EPR side by side. The CRS portal guide shows where each payment sits in the workflow, and the BIS CRS application checklist keeps the receipts in order. If you want a second pair of eyes on a quote, ask us for a free compliance check.