On July 21 of 2023, the order “The Bolts, Nuts and Fasteners (Quality Control) Order, 2023” has been issued. The scope of the order and applicable standards are as follows: Goods or articles Indian Standard Title of Indian Standard Bots, Nuts and Fasteners 1363 (Part 1):2019 Hexagon Head Bolts, Screws and Nuts of product Garde C Hexagon Head Bolts (Size Ragne M5 to M64) 1363 (Part 2):2018 Hexago..

On June of 2023, BEE has issued the Advisory No. BEE/S&L/TFL/63/2022-23, which informs that the validity of existing star rating table for Tubular Fluorescent Lamp (TFL) under mandatory regime has been extended by a period of 3 years – until 30th June 2026. Accordingly, the revised label validity period is 1st July 2023 to 30th June 2026. The manufacturers willing to continue the registered mode..

On June of 2023, BEE has issued a notification which gives new star rating table for LED lamps, which has been upgraded by 1 Star level as follows: TABLE 3.2 Valid from 1st July 2023 to 30th June 2026 Star rating Luminous Efficacy (Lumen/Watt) 1* ≥90 and

TEC issued the office memorandum No. 5-3/2021-TC/TEC (Pt.) with subject of Non-applicability of test parameters pertaining to IP Multimedia Conferencing Equipment, LAN Switch & IoT Gateway Essential Requirements (ER). According to the memorandum, the following test parameters pertaining to IP Multimedia Conferencing Equipment, LAN Switch & IoT Gateway ER may be treated as ‘Not Applicable’ with i..

The Low Voltage Switchgear product listed in the following table had been included in the BIS mandatory certification list under Electrical Equipment (Quality Control) Order, 2020 with the deadline of implementation on November 11, 2021. NO. Electrical Equipment (Goods and Article) Indian Standards 1 Low - Voltage switchgear and controlgear: Circuit - Breakers IS/IEC 60947 : Part 2 : 2016 2 Low ..

The Indian Standard, IS 16333 (Part 3): 2017 - ‘Mobile Phone Handsets Part 3 Indian Language Support for Mobile Phone Handsets – Specific Requirements (First Revision)’ has been revised and published as IS 16333 (Part 3): 2022, which was planned to be mandatory for existing licenses on December 17, 2022. Considering the requests received from the Industry and the present status of implementation..

TEC has issued the official notification to convey their approval for shifting of the following products from General Certification Scheme (GCS) to Simplified Certification Scheme (SCS) under MTCTE: The above shifting of the products from GCS to SCS is applicable with effect from January 1, 2023. For the applications submitted before January 1, 2023, the above mentioned products will remain unde..

TEC has issued several notifications to inform extension of exemption for below mentioned test parameters pertaining to various notified Essential Requirements (ERs) till June 30, 2023 or till further orders:

The circular regarding Extension of the last date of implementation of IS 1293: 2019 - Plugs and Socket-outlets for Household and Similar Purposes of Rated Voltage up to and Including 250 V and Rated Current up to and Including 16 A is issued with h the approval of the Competent Authority. IS 1293: 2005 has been revised as IS 1293: 2019, which was previously scheduled to be mandatory by 23 Octob..

To ensure environmentally safe and sound management of waste batteries, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has released a gazette notification, named "Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022". The new rules will replace the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001. Producers, dealers, consumers, and entities involved in collection, segregation, transportation, refurbishme..