Goyal Releases Handbook on Safety in Electrical Installations and Guide
for Using National Building Code of India 2016
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Handbooks
to create awareness on Electrical Safety and minimum required level for the safety,
health, amenity, accessibility and sustainability of buildings
Piyush Goyal, Union Minister
for Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles
during the fourth Governing Council Meeting
of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), recently, released handbook on the subject
“Safety in Electrical Installations – A way forward to Safety by National Electrical
Code of India” and Guide for Using National Building Code of India 2016. Along with
these two important documents, three pamphlets for awareness of general public about
their rights and duties while constructing their own home or buying one from a builder
are also developed.
The handbook on Safety
in Electrical Installations is jointly developed by BIS and International Cooper
Association (ICA) India. This handbook will create awareness about Electrical Safety
and provides technical guidance for wiring installations in buildings. The design,
installation and other features provided in the handbook will help in understanding
the purpose and application in a simplistic way. This will help electrical engineers
and technicians to understand the basic need and procedure for safe and reliable
electrical Low Voltage installations.
National Building Code
of India 2016 (NBC 2016) is a technical document in which all provisions relating
to planning, design, construction and operation and maintenance of buildings are
covered. Implementation of these codal provisions ensures
minimum required level for the safety, health, amenity, accessibility and sustainability
of buildings. In order to promote the use of NBC 2016, this simplified guide for
using the Code has been brought out by BIS for all stakeholders like academicians,
students, building authorities, builders, and most importantly building professionals
like architects, engineers, plumbers, etc. for understanding the contents of various
Parts/Sections of the Code and their interconnection. For an easy understanding
of the technical information provided in the voluminous Code of more than 2200 pages,
the key contents and concept of each of the thirteen parts of NBC 2016 have been
laid down in the booklet using infographics and simplified language.
The three pamphlets will
also guide on the ways to take better services from not only municipal bodies and
statutory authorities but also from all building professionals (engineer, architect,
etc.) whom they should engage for a safe and sustainable home. These pamphlets have
been published in both Hindi and English and are titles as: Guide for Homeowners
– Series 1 Building Permit Process, Guide for Homeowners – Series 2 Constructing
your Independent House, Guide for Homeowners – Series 3 Buying an Apartment from
a Developer/Builder.
With the help of flowchart
and checklists, these pamphlets explain the process of obtaining the permits from
the Authority for development or building construction, and also guides homeowners
and homebuyers about the various aspects they must ensure while buying or building
a home.
Special attention has
been taken to ensure that the contents of these manuals are lucid in nature so that
the common public can easily comprehend the technical content and utility of standards
formulated by BIS.
These documents can be
accessed from the below links :-
Guide for Homeowners
https://www.bis.gov.in/index.php/guide-for-homeowners-and-homebuyers/
NBC Simplified Guide
https://www.bis.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Booklet-Guide-for-Using-NBC-
2016.pdf
Handbook on “Safety in
Electrical Installations – A way forward to Safety by National Electrical
Code of India”
https://www.bis.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Handbook-_Electrical-safety-
_Final.pdf