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- Hand tools QCO: wrenches and pliers bind 1 April 2027
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.
- Aluminium QCO: wrought products bind from 1 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.
- Stainless steel QCO exemption ended on 26 October
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.
- Jyoti CNC gets ECMS approval for ₹1,020.65 crore in Rajkot
Jyoti CNC Automation told BSE and NSE that MeitY approved ₹1,020.65 crore of Rajkot capex under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme.
- Transition Facilitation Order: Scheme II for ten QCOs
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.
- BIS mark now due on 90 electrical appliances — small and micro by 2027
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.
- Woven-sack QCOs deferred to 6 November and 6 January
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.
- Semicon 2.0: the Machines and 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.
- India withdrew its omnibus machinery safety order
The Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024 was rescinded on 14 January 2026, before it took effect.
- Battery plants could add 2 million jobs by FY30, Adecco says
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
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.
- Kia India and RTIH to build prototyping centre in 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.
