13 Chemicals Added to the BIS Mandatory Certification List

In April 2021, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, India, published several orders regarding BIS certification of 13 chemicals (see Table below). These chemicals are added...

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13 Chemicals Added to the BIS Mandatory Certification List

In April 2021, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, India, published several orders regarding BIS certification of 13 chemicals (see Table below). These chemicals are added...

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India CMS Rules to be adopted in 2021, hints Government Report on Circular Economy and Hazardous Waste

In August 2020, the 5th draft of the Chemicals Management & Safety Rules (CMS Rules) was published by the Government of India. These draft rules are based on the EU REACH...

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India published Policy Paper on Circular Economy in Electronics and Electrical Sector

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published a draft policy paper Circular Economy in Electronics and Electrical Sector in May 2021. India is the third-largest consumer of raw materials produced globally. The...

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India enacts three new Quality Control Orders and amends an existing one

On 27th May 2021, three new Quality Control Orders (QCOs) were published in the Gazette of India, namely:   The 3 (N, N Di-Ethyl) Aminophenol (Quality Control) Order, 2021  The Methylene Chloride (Dichloromethane) (Quality Control) Order, 2021  The Red Phosphorus (Quality Control) Order, 2021 ...

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Amendments of Poisons Act in India

In early April, the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, India chaired a meeting on implications of Poisons Act (1919) in chemical industry.   One of the issues that brought...

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India: Nine new BIS Standards for Chemicals to become mandatory

  On January 11, 2021, a stakeholder consultation meeting was organized by Additional Secretary (Chem) to discuss BIS standards of 12 chemicals. Nine of the twelve standards under consideration are concluded...

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Extension of implementation date of certain Mandatory BIS standards in India

The Central Government of India in exercising its powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act (2016) prepared the following amendments in the orders that were...

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Indian Cabinet ratifies ban on 7 hazardous chemicals listed under Stockholm Convention

The Union Cabinet ratified ban on seven Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) listed under Stockholm Convention. The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and environment from POPs, which...

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India – BIS Certification for Safety of Toys

Safety of Toys has been brought under compulsory BIS Certification as per Toys ((Quality Control) Order from 1 September 2020. The order was notified to the WTO in February this year....

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