Overview

• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal held discussions with electronics industry stakeholders on implementing horizontal Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for electrical appliances.
• The QCOs mandate Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification to ensure consumer safety, prevent substandard imports, and promote domestic manufacturing.
• Industry representatives raised issues such as limited testing capacity, ambiguous product coverage, and insufficient time for BIS certification compliance.
• Stakeholders proposed a phased implementation, prioritizing finished goods before components and raw materials, to ease compliance pressures.
• The government is considering delaying and staging the rollout to address operational challenges while maintaining safety and quality goals.