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This newsletter covers developments with respect to the Bureau of Indian Standards (‘BIS’).
This issue of the newsletter covers various news items on recent developments around BIS, a detailed article titled “OTR guidance documents: Clearing the haze”, and updates relating to Quality Control Orders (QCOs).
The article discusses various recent guidelines for compliance of the Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024. These guidelines provide long-awaited direction and structure to the OTR Order. According to the authors, once all the machine category specific guidelines are issued, businesses will be able to accurately assess risk and produce high-quality and safe machinery.
The part on QCO Updates covers QCOs due for implementation in the months of September and October 2025, QCOs notified in the Official Gazette in July 2025 and extensions of the dates of implementation of few notified QCOs.
Further, this newsletter by the LKS Supply Chain Team highlights that companies in the Machinery and Electrical Equipment sector, and Chemical and Petrochemical sector are likely to be impacted by the QCOs to be implemented in the months of September and October this year.
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