MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SAFETY (OMNIBUS TECHNICAL REGULATION) AMENDMENTORDER, 2025

2025-08-19 Information

The “Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Amendment Order, 2025” amends the Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024 published in the Gazette of India on 28^thAugust, 2024. The Amendment Order stipulates the following:

(i) The regulation will apply from 1^stSeptember, 2026 to all machines and electrical equipment listed in the first Schedule of the principal Order.

(ii) Assemblies, sub-assemblies and components listed in the first Schedule of the principalOrder shall apply from such date as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette.

Each machine, or as the case may be, electrical equipment specified in the first Schedule of the Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024 shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standards, as applicable, as given below:-

(i) Type A standards as given below: IS 16819:2018/ISO 12100:2010 (Safety of Machinery General Principles for Design- Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction and,

(ii) Type B Standards –as per the second schedule ;

(iii) Type C Standards – as per the third Schedule: provided that if a Type C standard deviates from one or more technical provisions dealt with by Type A or Type B standard, Type C standard takes precedence.

Compliance for machines and electrical equipment in the first Schedule will commence from 1^stSeptember, 2026. Assemblies, sub-assemblies, and components will be brought under the regulation from the date to be notified in the Official Gazette. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has been notified as certifying and enforcement authority.

The details of exemptions provided are mentioned below:

(i) Goods manufactured domestically for export;

(ii) Construction equipment covered under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, issued by MoRTH;

(iii) Products already covered under other orders issued under Section 16 of the BIS Act, 2016.

To support the industry, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, in adapting to the “Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024” the Government has undertaken following measures: –

(i) Portal for pre-registration for domestic manufacturers started on 23.10.2024 and till 31.07.2025,494 domestic manufactures have pre-registered on portal.

(ii) Awareness programs have been conducted in collaboration with Industry Association, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Bureau of Indian Standards.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries & Steel, Shri

Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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