# EngiNewsIndia > Frontline news for Indian engineering Engineering and industrial news from India: machine tools, automation, energy, infrastructure, policy, MSME and exhibitions, reported daily. Backed by EngiExpo. ## The numbers on this site Every figure published on enginewsindia.com is sourced in `src/data/facts.json` in the site repository, and this file is generated from that same source at build time. Nothing is estimated: a figure that cannot be sourced is not published. ## Pages - [Home](https://enginewsindia.com/) - [About](https://enginewsindia.com/about) - [Advertise](https://enginewsindia.com/advertise): media enquiries and what the site sells - [Subscribe](https://enginewsindia.com/subscribe): the newsletter and the channels - [Contact](https://enginewsindia.com/contact) - [For LLMs](https://enginewsindia.com/for-llms): a brand brief for automated readers - [Full corpus](https://enginewsindia.com/llms-full.txt): every blog and glossary page in one file - [RSS](https://enginewsindia.com/rss.xml) - [Sitemap](https://enginewsindia.com/sitemap-index.xml) ## News - [Aluminium QCO: wrought products bind from 1 December 2026](https://enginewsindia.com/news/aluminium-qco-wrought-products-december-2026): Ten wrought aluminium entries in the 2026 Quality Control Order bind on 1 December 2026, with 1 March 2027 for small units and 1 June 2027 for micro. - [Battery plants could add 2 million jobs by FY30, Adecco says](https://enginewsindia.com/news/battery-industry-jobs-fy30-adecco): Adecco India puts battery-industry hiring at 1.5 to 2 million jobs by FY30, a quarter of them direct, with Gujarat second only to Karnataka in hiring share. - [CG Semi ships its first chips from the Sanand OSAT plant](https://enginewsindia.com/news/cg-semi-sanand-osat-commercial-production): CG Semi has started commercial production at its G1 outsourced assembly and test plant in Sanand, Gujarat, with a peak capacity of 300 million units a year. - [BIS mark now due on 90 electrical appliances — small and micro by 2027](https://enginewsindia.com/news/electrical-appliances-qco-is-302-october-2026): The 90 classes of electrical appliance have needed the BIS mark since 1 October under IS 302 (Part 1): 2024. Small units get 1 January 2027, micro 1 April 2027. - [Hand tools QCO: wrenches and pliers bind 1 April 2027](https://enginewsindia.com/news/hand-tools-qco-2026-wrenches-pliers): S.O. 5561(E) puts nine wrench, spanner and pliers standards under a BIS Scheme-I licence from 1 April 2027, with later dates for small and micro units. - [Jyoti CNC gets ECMS approval for ₹1,020.65 crore in Rajkot](https://enginewsindia.com/news/jyoti-cnc-ecms-approval-rajkot): Jyoti CNC Automation told BSE and NSE that MeitY approved ₹1,020.65 crore of Rajkot capex under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme. - [Kia India and RTIH to build prototyping centre in Amaravati](https://enginewsindia.com/news/kia-india-rtih-apic-labs-amaravati): Kia India and the Ratan Tata Innovation Hub signed an MoU on 2 June 2026 for APIC Labs, a prototyping and validation centre for hardware startups in Amaravati. - [India withdrew its omnibus machinery safety order](https://enginewsindia.com/news/machinery-safety-omnibus-order-withdrawn): The Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024 was rescinded on 14 January 2026, before it took effect. - [Semicon 2.0: the Machines and Materials thresholds](https://enginewsindia.com/news/semicon-2-machines-materials-thresholds): What Semicon 2.0 asks of a semiconductor equipment or materials maker: ₹50 crore to ₹300 crore of capital investment, for 30% of capital expenditure back. - [Stainless steel QCO exemption ended on 26 October](https://enginewsindia.com/news/stainless-steel-qco-exemption-26-october-2026): A Ministry of Steel order of 28 October exempts IS 6911, IS 5522 and IS 15997 stainless steel till 31 March 2027, after the April bill of lading window closed. - [Transition Facilitation Order: Scheme II for ten QCOs](https://enginewsindia.com/news/transition-facilitation-qco-order-2026-scheme-ii): S.O. 3417(E) lets goods under ten Quality Control Orders take the BIS Scheme II route instead of Scheme I, but only via a permission DPIIT grants to a company. - [Woven-sack QCOs deferred to 6 November and 6 January](https://enginewsindia.com/news/woven-sack-qcos-october-2026): The woven-sack Quality Control Orders did not start on 6 October 2026. BIS now lists valve sacks at 6 November 2026, cement and mail sacks at 6 January 2027. Index: · Feed: ## Events EngiExpo, the industrial exhibition run by this site's publisher, with one page per edition. Visitor entry is free, digital pass by email and WhatsApp on registration. Dates and venues are as the organiser publishes them; exhibitor and visitor counts are deliberately not published here, because no audited document behind them has been filed. - [EngiExpo Pune](https://enginewsindia.com/events/engiexpo-pune-2026): 21 November 2026 to 23 November 2026, PIECC, Moshi, Pune, Maharashtra - [EngiExpo Ahmedabad](https://enginewsindia.com/events/engiexpo-ahmedabad-2026): 19 December 2026 to 21 December 2026, GMDC Ground, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - [EngiExpo Surat](https://enginewsindia.com/events/engiexpo-surat-2027): 6 February 2027 to 8 February 2027, Vanita Vishram Ground, Surat, Gujarat - [EngiExpo Jaipur](https://enginewsindia.com/events/engiexpo-jaipur-2027): 28 August 2027 to 30 August 2027, JECC, Sitapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan - [EngiExpo Rajkot](https://enginewsindia.com/events/engiexpo-rajkot-2027): 21 November 2027 to 24 November 2027, NSIC Ground, Rajkot, Gujarat - [EngiExpo Vadodara](https://enginewsindia.com/events/engiexpo-vadodara-2028): 5 February 2028 to 7 February 2028, Anusuya Leprosy Ground, Ajwa Road, Vadodara, Gujarat Index: ## Glossary Reference definitions. 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