(1) Any person, being a Ministry of the Central Government, State Government, Union territory administration, consumer organisation, industrial unit, industry-association, professional body, member of the Governing Council, member of a technical committee or any individual who proposes for establishment of an Indian Standard or for amending or for revising or withdrawing an established Indian Standard may submit the proposal to the Bureau in writing for the purpose.
(2) On receipt of the proposal under sub-rule (1), the Bureau shall assign the proposal to the concerned Division Council.
(3) The Division Council, on being satisfied as a result of its own deliberations or on investigation and consultation with concerned interests that the necessity for standardisation has been established, shall assign the task of formulating the standard to a sectional committee constituted for the purpose:
Provided that if the proposal for establishing an Indian Standard has not been accepted after its due consideration, the proposer shall be informed of the decision.
(4) The Indian Standard prepared by the sectional committee shall be issued in draft form and widely circulated for a period of not less than one month amongst the various interests concerned for critical review and suggestions for improvement:
Provided that the wide circulation may be waived of, if the Sectional Committee is satisfied that the matter is urgent or non-controversial.
(5) The draft Indian Standards issued under sub-rule (4) shall be finalised by the concerned sectional committee after giving due consideration to the comments that may be received and the draft so finalised shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the concerned Division Council for adoption of the Standard.
(6) The standard so adopted under sub-rule (5) shall be notified by the Bureau.