Publications

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has extended the M2M registration deadline to March 31, 2025, providing unregistered entities offering M2M services or WLAN/WPAN connectivity additional time to comply and prevent service disruptions. If you are a product manufacturer or manage IoT-enabled devices such as smart meters, connected vehicles, industrial automation systems, healthcare devices, or

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has introduced an amendment to the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022, for Marking and Labelling effective from their publication in the official gazette. These rules may be called the Battery Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2025.    To further streamline compliance with labelling requirements, the

The Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) has announced the effective date and list of products covered under MTCTE phase VI. Below is the list of products covered under the new phase.   S.No.  Telecom Equipment  Essential Requirements (ER) No & Name  1  Cellular Customer Premises Equipment  TEC40012408 (Cellular Customer Premises Equipment)  2 

A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Sh. Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary (IPHW), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on 09.01.2025 to review the status of implementation of the notification of Essential requirements for security of CCTVs notified in CRO 2021.   The key points covered in the meeting

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) released a Gazette notification on January 27, 2025, titled “Solar Systems, Devices and Components Goods Order, 2025“, updating the standards for existing products. While no new products have been introduced, this update applies to all five existing products and will come into

The National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS) has recently released the draft ITSAR for L2 and L3 LAN Switches and is inviting all the stakeholders to review the draft ITSAR and provide their valuable feedback.   Key Details:  Last Date to submit feedback: March 14th, 2025  How to Submit Feedback: 

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has issued the Flashlight (Quality Control) Order, 2025, which came into effect on January 21, 2025, upon its publication in the Official Gazette. Key Requirements: All flashlights must comply with Indian Standard IS 2083:2024  Products must display the Standard Mark (BIS Certification) under Scheme-I

The Ministry of Textiles introduced the Medical Textiles (Quality Control) Amendment Order 2025, on 1st January 2025 which came into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.  This order requires that Medical Textiles must comply with their respective Indian Standards. The products must display the Standard

TEC has announced an extension for the exemption of several critical test parameters and standards under the MTCTE framework until June 30, 2025. This extension impacts a wide range of products and equipment, providing manufacturers additional time to comply with certain standards.   Details of the Exempted Parameters  Product /ER  Variant  Parameters/Interfaces

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has introduced the Refrigerating Appliances (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2025, which came into effect on January 16, 2025, upon its publication in the Official Gazette Key Requirement: All refrigerating appliances must comply with their respective Indian Standards and bear the Standard Mark (BIS Certification)