Cellsand Batteries are now the integral part of the operation of any equipment that usually performs as aEnergy source of main standby power, in the critical operations of the equipments/devices/ gadgets that operate on the energy source. The products list is endless be it Mobiles, Computers, Tabs, Communication & Navigation Equipments, Automobiles, BP Monitors, Thermometers, Hearing Aids,Personal gadgets, EVs, SPVs, Inverters/UPS, Satellites, Torches, Emergency lights, Toys,Video games, Railways,, Aero-planes, Drones(UAVs) as well as vast variety of equipments. Based on large scale use of huge variety of Cells & Batteries, their Quality &Safety as well as to mitigate substantial import of sub-standard quality, GoI had notified through Gazette to bring various Cells & Batteries under the mandatory regulations under the ambit of  QCO of BIS to address the menace of large scale import, distribution, stocking & sale of sub-standard Primary/Secondary Cells & Batteries and enable availability of good quality and safe batteries, to the end-users.