INDIA: Date Extension for Implementation of Revised Standards for Plugs and Sockets

Extension in date of implementation of revised IS 1293: 2019 superseding IS 1293: 2005 for “Plugs and Socket- Outlets for household and similar purposes of rated voltage up to and including 250V and rated current up to and including 16 A”. The last date of the concurrent running of IS 1293: 2005 and IS 1293:2019 […]
INDIA: Notification for Launch of MTCTE Phase III and Phase IV

Department of Telecommunication has released a list of products categorized under two phases (Phase III; Phase IV). Phase III holds 10 products and Phase IV holds 36 Products. Phase III Products: MTCTE will start accepting the application for the products under 3 rd phase from Oct 11th, 2021, and certification for these products will be […]
INDIA: BIS Publishes Quality Control Order
Even though the Quality control Order has been implemented for quite some times as for most of the compliance procedures were already aligned to it , BIS has now officially released the guidelines, these document includes: -Clarification of the dates of commencement (Article 4). -Penalties for contraventions (Article 7). -Role of BIS in the implementation […]
INDIA: Amendment to “Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2021″
On March 2021, India’s Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology (Meity) published the “Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2021″. Now Meity has published an amendment for cases where the manufacturers are already registered and that will include new locations within Indian territory. The Order shall be deferred by six months […]
INDIA: Updated version of the Procedure for Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunications Equipment (MTCTE)

TEC has released a new version of the procedure for MTCTE on May 2021. This new version, considered as Version 2.1, incorporates the following: 1. MTCTE labeling requirement changes in Annexure-D 2. Addition of fee details for certificate modification and renewal cases in Annexure-C. 3. Deletion of Table II and III of Annexure-A. 4. Inclusion […]
INDIA: Phase V of CRO has been postponed
We recently shared a reminder about the date to entry into force for Phase V of CRO at BIS; we now come with an update as the date has been moved to October 1st, 2021, as Meity published on March 12th, 2021. This change of date comes after the requests from the industry to have […]
INDIA: Meity’s Series Guidelines for Product Categories Notified Under CRO Phase V (Coming April 2021)

As we communicated in November 2020, Meity released the Phase V of CRO, which is to come into force on April 2021; we wanted to send a reminder so that you can continue to implement the measures to allow your products to enter the Indian market. The devices included in the upcoming date are: -Independent […]
INDIA: MEITY Releases Series Guidelines for Product Categories Under CRO Phase-V

MEITY has released the criteria for the series formation on the Phase V devices for CRS, in the released document, they have also specified the maximum number of models that can be in a series according to the classification of the devices. The devices included are: 1. Wireless Microphone2. Digital Camera 3. Video Camera 4. […]
INDIA: DoT Publishes Consultation for Communication Security Certification Scheme

India’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has published the consultation for the “Communication Security Certification Scheme” covered under TEC’s MTCTE. The consultation is open for comments, so we encourage our readers to send their thoughts to help shape this content. Devices subject to TEC’s MTCTE with security scope will receive one certificate covering all aspects of […]
INDIA: Publication of BIS CRS Phase V

On October 1st, 2020. Meity has released Phase V of BIS’ CRS, the new set of products are as follow: Product Category Indian Standard Number and Version Wireless microphone IS 616:2017 Digital Camera IS 13252 (Part 1): 2010 Video Camera IS 616:2017 Webcam (Finished Product) IS 616:2017 Smart Speakers (with and without Display) IS 616:2017 […]