Manakonline step by step: applying for a BIS ISI licence or FMCS licence online, paying fees and managing the licence

Manakonline is the Bureau of Indian Standards' online system for conformity assessment. For importers and manufacturers, its main use is the product certification module: applying for, paying for and running ISI-mark licences under Scheme-I. BIS accepts Scheme-I applications and payments online only, through manakonline.in^[2].

It is not the portal for electronics registration. Products under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS), such as chargers and power banks, are registered on crsbis.in instead; see the BIS CRS portal guide. If your product is under an ISI-mark QCO, such as steel, electrical accessories or textiles, Manakonline is where the factory applies.

The Conformity Assessment page also offers a licence search, a surveillance dashboard, a fees lookup and lists for the now-rescinded machinery OTR^[6].

For the rules behind the portal, read our ISI mark guide and, for overseas factories, the FMCS guide. The CRS vs ISI vs FMCS explainer shows which scheme your product falls under.

An importer cannot apply for an FMCS licence on behalf of a foreign factory; the manufacturer must apply^[7]. What an importer can do on Manakonline is check whether a supplier's licence exists and covers the product.

Products under a Quality Control Order that requires the Standard Mark under Scheme-I are licensed on Manakonline, such as domestic pressure cookers to IS 2347, two-wheeler helmets to IS 4151 and ceiling fans to IS 374^[10][11][12].

These steps follow BIS's own user manual for a new Scheme-I licence under the normal procedure^[1].

After you pick the Indian Standard and accept the marking fee and the scheme of inspection and testing, the form walks through management, test equipment, production, brand, testing and inspection, test report and declaration screens before review and payment^[1].

Manakonline asks you to pick a procedure at the start^[1].

• Option 1, normal procedure. BIS scrutinises the application, visits the factory and draws samples for testing; once the test report arrives, the branch office processes the grant^[1]. BIS's average is about four months^[2].
• Option 2, simplified procedure. You submit a test report with the application, then BIS visits to verify the infrastructure, process and quality control^[1]. BIS's average is about one month^[2]. Test reports must come from BIS or BIS-recognised labs and generally be under 90 days old^[2].

For the simplified route, the portal runs the lab booking too. You generate QR codes and a test request on Manakonline, pick a laboratory from the portal's suggestions, and apply for the licence once the lab uploads the test report^[9].

Generate the test request on Manakonline, choose a lab from the portal's list, send the sample by courier or in person, and pay the testing charges directly to the lab; the request shows up in the lab's LIMS account^[17][9].

BIS's guidelines LPPD/5:11 give labs firm clocks, and missing them costs you the sample^[17]:

The report you then attach should generally be under 90 days old and from BIS or a BIS-recognised lab^[2]. Option 2 is also the faster route, about one month on average against four months for Option 1^[2]. See BIS-recognised laboratory for how labs qualify and importing samples for BIS testing for getting samples through customs.

Since 1 June 2026, FMCS applications are accepted only through the online portal; hard copies were accepted only until 31 May 2026^[3]. BIS's FMCS page links a user manual for online FMCS applications^[18], and the Manakonline home page has a separate FMCS login^[4].

The FMCS route still needs everything the paper route needed: the application with documents and a nominated Authorised Indian Representative^[3]. BIS then records and scrutinises the application, visits the factory and draws samples for independent testing^[19]. BIS gives about six months from a complete application as the average grant time^[19].

Fees under FMCS are the domestic fees plus officers' travel costs and a Rs 10,000 contingency payment^[20], paid in US dollars by non-SAARC applicants^[20]. See FMCS fees.

The portal's fees lookup and BIS's IS-wise marking fee list give the figure for your standard^[6][21].

• Check and show your licence. The licence search lets buyers and officials confirm a licence exists^[6].
• Renew on time. Manakonline states that from 1 January 2023 licences past their validity are automatically deferred, and those more than 90 days past validity automatically expire^[4]. Since 25 February 2026 a Scheme-I licence is granted initially for up to five years and renewable for up to five more, with fees paid every year in advance; a missed yearly fee suspends the licence for 90 days^[23]. BIS's FAQ still says up to two years at first grant^[2], but the Gazette governs.
• Expect surveillance. BIS runs surprise factory inspections and buys marked samples from the market for testing^[2].
• Use outside labs if you want. Since 16 December 2025 an in-house laboratory is no longer required; shared, cluster or sub-contracted testing at BIS-recognised or ISO/IEC 17025 labs is allowed, and the product manual's testing scheme is recommendatory^[5].

Renew online before the validity date; a licence past validity is automatically deferred and, more than 90 days later, automatically expires^[4]. A Scheme-I licence is renewable for up to five years at a time, and fees are paid every year in advance before the due date^[23].

For FMCS licensees, renewal needs Form XII, month-wise production details with consignee addresses, a performance bank guarantee extended six months beyond the new validity, and the marking fees^[24]. The renewal application fee is Rs 1,000 and late renewal costs Rs 5,000^[20]. Marking fees are set per standard and have been amended several times, most recently on 2 January and 10 June 2026^[25], so check the current figure in the portal's fees lookup before you pay. Put the validity date into our licence renewal date tool and see the ISI fee guide for the marking-fee maths.

Before you pay a deposit to a new supplier of an ISI-mark product, check the licence yourself. Manakonline's Conformity Assessment page has a licence search^[6].

Without logging in you can see BIS's conformity assessment figures and search licences. On 1 November 2026 the page showed 1,488 standards under certification, 54,556 total licences, 1,629 licences under deferment and 1,231 under suspension^[27].

The same page offers the licence search, a surveillance dashboard, a fees lookup and the OTR registration and certification lists^[6]. Deferment and suspension matter to buyers: a supplier whose licence is deferred or suspended must not use the Standard Mark during that period^[28]. Our guide on how to verify a BIS licence explains what to compare against the invoice.

A licence is operative, deferred, suspended, expired or cancelled; Manakonline states that since 1 January 2023 licences past validity are automatically deferred and expire automatically after 90 days^[4].

The Conformity Assessment Amendment Regulations of 25 February 2026 (Gazette No. 142) changed Scheme-I licences: up to five years at first grant and up to five more on renewal, fees paid every year in advance before the due date, and a 90-day suspension if the yearly fee and production statement are missed^[23]. Paying within the 90 days with a Rs 5,000 late fee lifts the suspension; otherwise the licence is cancelled^[23].

• Applying for two products in one application. Each product standard and factory needs its own application^[2].
• Stale test reports. Option 2 reports should generally be under 90 days old^[2].
• Using IEC reports. Only reports against the Indian Standard are accepted for foreign factories^[7].
• Profile not completed. The portal will not let you apply until the organisation profile is submitted^[1].
• Letting a licence lapse. After 90 days past validity it expires automatically^[4], and you start again.
• Short foreign payments. FMCS fees must arrive net of bank charges^[30].

Join BIS's online Jan Sunvai, held every Wednesday from 14:00 to 15:00 and linked from the Manakonline home page, to raise queries and grievances directly with BIS officials^[31]. For CRS-style technical queries BIS also runs a toll-free Facilitation Centre on 1800-11-1206^[32].

Watch the news list as well. In 2026 it carried the in-house laboratory circular, the upgrade of product certification licences to the latest 10-digit series, and BIS's appointment of outside agencies for factory inspection and documentation review^[33]. The in-house lab change is the big one: since December 2025 a licensee can rely on shared, cluster or sub-contracted testing instead of its own lab^[5]. Need help deciding whether you need ISI at all? Try the approval checker or ask us for a free compliance check.

A factory in Vietnam wants to export pressure cookers to India. They must meet IS 2347:2017 and carry the Standard Mark^[10], and since 1 June 2026 the FMCS application can only be made online^[3].

1. Login. Use the separate FMCS login on Manakonline^[4]; the manufacturer applies, not the importer^[7].
2. AIR. Nominate an Indian-resident AIR who meets BIS's conditions^[8].
3. Fees. Pay the Rs 1,000 application fee^[20]; inspection is charged at Rs 7,000 per man-day plus travel and per diem^[20]. A non-SAARC applicant pays in US dollars, net of bank charges^[20].
4. Inspection and samples. BIS visits the factory and draws samples for testing in India^[19]; only IS reports count^[7].
5. Before grant. Pay the licence fee and advance minimum marking fee^[19], then furnish a USD 10,000 performance bank guarantee^[19].

BIS's average for FMCS grant is about six months from a complete application^[19]. Our ISI licence costs page and importing from Vietnam add the rest of the budget.