Stakeholder Consultation Held on Mandatory BIS Standards for Camphor and Isoborneol

stakeholder consultation meeting on the proposal to make Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specifications mandatory for camphor (CAS No. 76-22-2) and isoborneol (CAS No. 124-76-5) was held on 18 December 2025,...

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India Withdraws Six Chemical Quality Control Orders for Industrial Chemicals

The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has officially withdrawn six Quality Control Orders (QCOs) covering the following key industrial chemicals: p-xylene, toluene, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, vinyl acetate monomer, ethylene dichloride,...

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India Initiates Major Reforms to the Quality Control Orders Framework

In its Second Report (October 2025), the High-Level Committee on Non-Financial Regulatory Reforms (HLC-NFRR) called for a major overhaul of India’s Quality Control Order (QCO) framework. The number of products covered...

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India Withdraws Six Chemical Quality Control Orders

On 20 November 2025, the Government of India’s Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals) rescinded six previously issued Quality Control Orders (QCOs). This decision was made after...

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India Rescinds Fourteen Quality Control Orders (QCOs) under BIS Act, 2016

On 12 November 2025, the Government of India, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals) issued a series of orders rescinding fourteen previously notified BIS Quality Control Orders...

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India Withdraws Quality Control Orders for Acrylonitrile, Maleic Anhydride, and Styrene

On 24 October 2025, the Indian Government officially withdrew the Quality Control Orders for acrylonitrile, maleic anhydride, and styrene, which were issued by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. The withdrawal...

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India Revises Enforcement Date for Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymers Quality Control Order

On October 1, 2025, the Indian Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, in accordance with the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016, issued an amendment related to the quality control order (QCO)...

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India Extends Implementation Date for Polypropylene (PP) Materials for Moulding and Extrusion Quality Control Order

On 22 October 2025, the Government of India, through the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals), issued the Polypropylene (PP) Materials for Moulding and Extrusion (Quality Control)...

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India’s DGFT Notifies Changes in Import Regulations and Policy for Specific Chemicals and Pesticides

BackgroundOn 15 October 2025, India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued a notification revising the import policy conditions for certain chemicals and pesticides listed under Chapters 29 and 38 of...

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India Withdraws Quality Control Orders for Six Fatty Acids and Derivatives

On 22 October 2025, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, officially rescinded six Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for various fatty acids and their derivatives, which were...

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