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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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

Nov-02-2020

BIS

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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India Notified to WTO: BIS Standards on chemicals and petrochemicals

India is finalizing plans to increase the number of chemicals and petrochemicals to be covered by mandatory certification. The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, the responsible authority to issue list of...

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Final Draft of Indian CMSR is Available Now!

The final draft of the Indian Chemicals Management and Safety Rules (CMSR – India REACH) is out now! Next Step: After final optimization, Indian CMSR will go for the World Trade...

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Actionable Summary - Draft Indian Chemical and management Rules (CMSR) – India REACH

Aug-01-2020

ICMSR

What is CMSR? India released the fourth draft of the Chemical (Management and Safety) Rules (CMSR) on March 16, 2020. The CMSR will regulate Substances, Substances in Mixture, Substance in Articles...

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