Publications

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has extended the validity of the existing star rating table of tyres. The new validity periods are as follows:  Product  New Validity  Tyres  1st January 2022 to 30th June 2025  To keep your model’s registration with BEE active, the respective product category permittee is

On January 23, 2025, the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) issued a notification marking significant updates to the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 for Marking and Labelling. These rules may be called the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2025. Effective Date:  From July 1, 2025, producers, importers,

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has notified the Environment Protection (End-of-Life Vehicles) Rules, 2025. The rules, will come into effect from April 1, 2025, and aim to promote waste reduction, material reuse, disposal, recycling, and management of End-of-Life (EOL) vehicles.   Key Highlights of the Notification:  Responsibilities

The guideline for the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Electronic Trading Platform (ETP) has been introduced by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to enhance the transparency and efficiency of trading EPR certificates for waste management.   EPR ETP is to focus on sustainability by allowing companies to trade EPR certificates.

Overview of Draft DPDP Rules On January 3, 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules 2025. A 45-day public consultation period is now open, allowing stakeholders to submit feedback—whether objections or suggestions—until February 18, 2025. This phase is crucial

Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) has recently announced several amendments and modifications in the official MTCTE procedure. The same has been outlined below: The MTCTE Procedure Clause 2.1(iii) Previously Stated: “Associated model means the model of a telecom equipment formed by using chassis/ motherboard and cards/ access ports of another tested

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has issued the Aluminium and Aluminium Alloy Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024, which will come into effect on 1st April 2025. As per this notification, goods or articles listed in the below table must comply with the corresponding Indian Standards and bear the Standard

The National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS) recently announced the security certification procedure for products listed by the manufacturer as end-of-sale (EoS) or end-of-life (EoL).   No security certification is required for products that have been classified as EoS before the mandatory date of certification. For such EoS products, the

With reference to Policy Circular No. 6/2023-24 dated 19 October 2023, DGFT’s import authorisation/ Import License under HSN 8471, which includes laptops and tablets has been extended till 31st Dec 2024.   Along with the extension, DGFT has come up with an announcement that importers under HSN 8471 are required