Technical Regulation/ Quality Control Orders
With tariffs coming down globally, non-tariff measures in the form of technical regulations have become important for trade. A large segment of Heavy Electrical sector is unregulated and has a wide regulatory gap compared to other countries in critical areas like national security; prevention of deceptive practices; protection of human health and safety; animal and plant life and health, and the environment.
Therefore, to address the regulatory gap in the country in the area of quality adoption and to enforce technical standards, MHI has initiated the process of notifying technical regulation, so as to ensure safety, quality and regulate the import of unsafe, substandard products. Further to support ‘Make in India’ programe, strengthen ‘Zero Defect – Zero Effect’, protect consumers, enhance competitiveness of Indian electrical equipment industry.
Under the updated status of Technical Regulation/ Quality Control Orders issued by Ministry is as under:-
a) Electrical Transformers (Quality Control) Order (QCO) for Outdoor Type Oil Immersed Distribution Transformers upto and including 2500 kVA, 33kV vide Gazette of India Notification dated 7th, May 2015.
b) Electrical Equipment (Quality Control) Order, 2020 for Low Voltage Switchgears and Controlgears:
- Notified vide Gazette notification no. S.O 4044 (E) dated 11th November 2020
-For smooth implementation of the Order, following steps taken in consultation with BIS and stakeholders :
- Technical Committee has been constituted for monitoring and streamline implementation of the EEQCO.
- Dedicated groups were formed to expedite the guidelines formulation and resolving the issues related to testing.
- On recommendation Technical Committee, the Electrical Equipment (Quality Control) Amendment Order (with phased implementation plan) and product specific guidelines for circuit breakers has been notified in Gazette of India on 9th May, 2023.
