Introduction to BIS
We are pleased to share LKS BIS Amicus for May 2025, covering developments with respect to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
This issue of the newsletter covers various news items on recent developments around BIS, a detailed article titled “Hallmarking Scheme of BIS: Safeguarding the purity of precious metals”, and updates relating to Quality Control Orders (QCOs).
The article, which is also available here, discusses the legal framework, and procedural aspects relating to the hallmarking scheme of BIS applicable to gold and silver jewellery.
The part on QCO Updates as usual covers QCOs due for implementation in the months of May, June and July 2025, new QCOs notified in April 2025 in the Official Gazette, and amendments made to the existing QCOs. No QCO was notified by India on the WTO-TBT portal in April 2025.
Further, this newsletter by the LKS Supply Chain Team highlights that companies in the Electrical Appliances, Tool manufacturing, Chemical, and Petrochemical sectors are likely to be impacted by the QCOs to be implemented in May, June and July this year.
