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TOYS MANUFACTURER’S FOR BIS LICENSE
CATEGORY A — TOYS FOR SENSORIMOTOR ACTIVITIES — FIRST AGE
As per new guidelines, all the toy manufacturers are required to obtain license from BIS in
order to sell their products in market. Since more than 1 Indian Standard may be applicable on
each toy, it has been decided to make the application process simpler.
Toys have been classified into following 2 types for the purpose of BIS certification:
Electrical (IS 15644:2006) and Non-electrical (IS 9873 (Part 1):2019). Manufacturers while
applying for a license, may choose one of the applicable primary standards based on the type
of toy for which license is required. If license is required for more than one type of toy (i.e.
non-electric and electric), separate applications shall be made for each type.
Further, based on their specific purpose and function, toys have also been classified into 7
Categories and 146 sub-categories. For the purpose of certification, all the models of toys of
similar designs, made from the same materials and covered under a single sub-category, shall
be considered as a series.
In this presentation, we are explaining the first category i.e., Toys for sensorimotor activities
— First age. It categorizes the toys as per the age criteria.
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS
1 0 months+ Rattles and rings
2 4 months + Teethers and teething rings
Mobiles, with or without sound
3 0 months + toys with miscellaneous figures and shapes to
be mounted above the crib and intended to
be out of the reach of the child
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS
Crib gyms and playmats
4 2 months+ mats with simple play features or activities;
may include overhead structures that may
have dangling objects intended for the child
to reach, grasp or hit
Cradle and playpen toys
5 3 months + balls, characters attached to cribs, strollers or
enclosures
Activity playboards
boards that are attached to the crib with
various play features such as miscellaneous
6 4 months + colored shapes, shatterproof mirrors,
spinners that rattle, buttons to push, parts
that slide on guides, doors that open
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS
Squeeze Toys
7 3 months + constructed of soft material, with or without
internal rattle or noise feature
Bath Toys
8 4 months + animals, small boats and floating objects
9 6 months + Simple books made of textiles or
plastic
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS
Simple dolls and animals
10 2 months + soft-stuffed dolls and animals made of fabric
or plush with or without clothes and fixed
details which cannot be removed
Roly-poly toys, bop-punching toys
11 8 months + and pop-up action toys
figures and animals that rock in a to-and-fro
motion, made of rigid or inflatable plastic,
jack in the box, push-down spinning toys
12 8 months + Books with thick (chunky) pages
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS
13 5 months + Simple blocks, nesting toys, and
stacking toys
14 6 months + Simple ball and track toys
18 months + Push-pull and rolling toys with
15 cord or handle
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS
Simple push/pull rolling toys
16 6 months + (without cord or handle) which
make sounds and / or have
colored lights
wheeled animals or vehicle
17 18 months + Wheelbarrows and other vehicles
to fill up and empty
12 months + Boxes, tubs, buckets, and
18 containers
to store toys
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS
19 3 months + Cloth and similar soft material
balls and geometric forms
20 18 months + Toys for sand and water
pails, small shovels, moulds to play with sand
and water
Rocking animals and rocker chairs
21 12 months +
size suitable for children to ride and rock
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS
Push toys with a long handle that
22 12 months +
provides stability
corn popper, lawn mower
Learn to walk toys (walk behind)
23 9 months + wheeled unit with a solid base and handle to
support the child in the early stages of
walking
Self-standing foot to floor riding
toys, trikes, without pedals
24 12 months + wheeled toys, vehicles without pedals that
are propelled by the power provided by the
child’s feet on the ground
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS
Soft materials in various shapes
25 8 months +
for stacking
Sliding beads on a fixed loop or
26 12 months + shaft
bead maze or frame
Shape sorters with miscellaneous
shapes and colors
27 12 months + containers and vehicles with holes of
different geometrical shapes that only allow
parts to pass through the corresponding
openings and to fall inside
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS
Tool benches, pounding benches
28 12 months + toys simulating carpenter’s benches (strictly
pounding toys at this age)
Mechanically and electrically
29 12 months + operated toys
vehicles, dolls, animal char- acters etc. made
of plastic, metal, fabric or plush, with motions
powered by spring or battery
4 months + Balls or cylinders – clear material
30 with visible content
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SUB-CATEGORY STARTING AGE DESCRIPTION OF TOYS EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TOYS
Musical boxes
31 0 months + toys to be mounted on or near a crib with
handle or button for adult activation
Simple keyboards or hand-held toys
32 6 months + with buttons that activate lights and
sounds
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