Consider the following statements:1) The Standard Mark of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is mandatory for automotive tyres and tubes. 2) AGMARK is a quality Certification Mark issued by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). [2017]

Consider the following statements:

The Standard Mark of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is mandatory for automotive tyres and tubes.
AGMARK is a quality Certification Mark issued by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification is mandatory for all types of automotive tyres and tubes in India.
According to the BIS directive, tyres and tubes for two-wheelers, three-wheelers, passenger cars, and commercial vehicles must bear the BIS mark to ensure quality, safety, and performance standards.

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) initially came into existence by enactment of the act in 1986. A new act (to replace the BIS Act of 1986) was introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2015; The new act came into force in 2017. The BIS Act, 2016, establishes the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as India’s national standards body.
BIS is a statutory body. It is regulated under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
BIS has been providing traceability and tangibility benefits to the national economy in several ways:
- Providing safe, reliable, quality goods.
- Minimising health hazards to consumers.
- Promoting exports and import substitutes.
- Control the proliferation of varieties through standardisation, certification and testing.

AGMARK is a certification mark for agricultural produce, assuring that they conform to a grade standard notified by Directorate of Marketing & Inspection (DMI), Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare under Agricultural Produce (Grading Marking) Act, 1937.

FAO, headquartered in Rome, is a specialised agency of the UN founded in 1945.
It has 195 members (194 countries + the EU). It is governed by a biennial conference, which elects a 49-member executive council.
FAO leads international efforts to improve nutrition and food security. It helps governments and agencies coordinate their activities to develop agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and water resources.
It also conducts research, provides technical assistance to projects, operates educational and training programs, and collects data on agricultural output, production, and development.

Flagship publications of FAO: