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.
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Electrical, electronics and solar
Electrical equipment, electronics manufacturing and solar news from India: semiconductor plants, cells, components, and the schemes behind them.
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.
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.
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.
