Announcement of New Regulatory Measures for Machinery Installations in India

16. January 2025

India’s Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced updated regulatory measures in 2024 that could impact the machinery and industrial sectors.

The following product categories have been included in the mandatory BIS catalogue:

• All types of Pumps for handling liquids, liquid elevators and (or)their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of compressors and(or)their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of machinery for treatment of material by a process involving a change of temperature and(or)their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of centrifuges, filtering or purifying machinery for liquid and gas and(or)their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of machinery for filling, closing, sealing, labelling bottles, packing or wrapping and(or)their assemblies/subassemblies /components
• All types of cranes and (or) their assemblies /sub-assemblies/components
• All types of machinery for construction, earthmoving, Mining and (or)their assemblies /subassemblies/components
• All types of weaving machines (looms) and (or) their assemblies/ sub-assemblies / components
• All types of machinery for making embroidery and (or) their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of metal cutting machines tools covered under the heading 8456 to 8461 and (or) their assemblies /sub-assemblies/components
• All types of machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos cement or like mineral glass and (or)their assemblies /subassemblies /components
• All types of machinery for working rubber and plastics and(or) their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of Machines including the machines for public works & building and the machinery & mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified Or included elsewhere in Chapter 84 and(or)their assemblies/subassemblies /components
• All types of gears and gearing, toothed wheels, chain sprocket, transmission elements ball or roller screws, gear boxes and speed changers, including torque converters And (or)their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of Rotary electrical machines such as Generator, etc. and (or) their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of Diesel Generator and (or) their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of Transformers and (or) their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of Power Semiconductor Converter and (or) their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of switch gear and control gear equipment operating at voltages not exceeding 1000 volts and (or) their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components
• All types of switch gear and control gear equipment operating at voltages exceeding 1000 volts and (or) their assemblies /sub-assemblies /components

The aim of the measures is to promote modernisation, increased efficiency and greater integration into broader policy initiatives. Compliance with the new requirements will be an essential prerequisite for the import and marketing of machinery equipment in India. The exact effects will become clear in the course of the year. Among other things, there is the possibility that machine systems will require BIS certification in the future.

The implementation date of the new regulations is August 28, 2025. The application is already possible, but compared to the regular BIS certification, considerably longer processing times are to be expected. On the one hand, because additional clarification will be required and on the other hand, because the authority has an increased workload due to the implementation of the new requirements.

According to our current assessments, an extension of the deadline seems inevitable in view of the delays in the litigation. Such an extension would be necessary to avoid economic damage caused by an import ban. Nevertheless, a decision on this is not expected until a few weeks before the current deadline expires. Companies are advised to start their procedures early, build up inventory, and prepare for the inevitable implementation of requirements.

If you are interested in understanding what requirements are needed for your product to be imported into India, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or phone (Europe: +49-69-271 37 69 261, US: +1 773 654-2673). If a certification need is discovered we can provide a quotation to make sure that all your certification needs are covered.

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