Chennai: Funskool India, powered by the MRF group, has emerged the first Indian toy manufacturer to get certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards for safety of electric toys – IS 15644 for the manufacturing plant based at Goa, which also has the license of IS 9873-Part 1 which covers non electric toys.
Also, the Ranipet plant of Funskool has become the very first toy manufacturing unit from South India to get the BIS accreditation as per IS 9873- Part 1 standards for non-electric toys.
The BIS standardisation was made mandatory for all toys designed or intended for use in play by children below 14 years of age, by the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry.