The following excerpted from is a 17 December 2013 news release by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
Indian Standards on cosmetics are formulated by Cosmetics Sectional Committee, PCD 19 of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under the chairmanship of Drugs Controller General (India) and are covered under Schedule ‘S’ of Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945.
This release is available in its entirety at:
http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=101809