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 [To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub - 
section (ii)]  
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY  
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  
ORDER  
New Delhi, the .........  ……… , 2024.  
S.O. ................  (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -sections (1) and (2) of 
section 16 read with section 17 and sub -section (3) of section 25 of the Bureau of Indian 
Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the Central Government is of the opinion that it is 
necessary so to do in the public interest and after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards, 
hereby makes the following Order, namely: - 
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Order may be called the Solar Thermal 
Systems, Devices and Components (Quality Control) Order, 2024.  
(2) It shall come into force on the expiry of one hundred and eighty days from the date of its 
publication in the Official Gazette.  
2. Application. - This Order shall apply in relation to goods or article specified in column (2) 
of the Schedule annexed to this Order, but shall not apply to goods or article meant for export.  
3. Conformity to standard and compulsory use of Standard Mark. - Goods or article 
specified in the column (2) of the Schedule below shall conform to the corresponding Indian 
Standard specified in the column (3) of the said Schedule and shall bear the Standard Mark 
under a licence from the Bureau  of Indian Standards in accordance with Scheme -I of Schedule 
II to the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.  
4. Certifying and enforcing authority. - (1) The Bureau shall be the certifying and enforcing 
authority in respect of the goods or article specified in column (2) of the said Schedule.  
(2) The Bureau of Indian Standards or such agencies, as may be notified in this behalf by the 
said Bureau, in consultation with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in the 
Government of India shall conduct market surveillance to ensure the conformity to Indian 
Standard for goods or article bearing Standard Mark mentioned in the column (2) of the said 
Schedule.  
5. Penalty for contravention. - Any person who contravenes the provisions of this Order 
shall be punishable under the provisions of sub -section (3) of  section 29 of the Bureau of 
Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016).  
   
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 SCHEDULE   
S.No.  Goods or articles  Indian Standard  Title of Indian Standard  
(1) (2) (3) (4) 
1. 
  Solar Flat Plate 
Collector  IS 12933 (Part 
1):2003  Solar Flat Plate Collector Specification Part 1 
Requirements  
IS 12933 (Part 
2):2003  Solar Flat Plate Collector Specification Part 2 
Components  
2. All Glass 
Evacuated Tubes 
Solar Collector  IS 16542: 2016  Direct Insertion Type Storage Water Tank 
for All Glass Evacuated Tubes Solar 
Collector -Specification  
IS 16543: 2016  All Glass Evacuated Solar Collector Tubes -
Specification  
IS 16544: 2016  
  All Glass Evacuated Tubes Solar Water 
Heating System  
Note: - For the purposes of this Order, its is clarified that the latest version of Indian Standards 
established and published by the Bureau of Indian Standards from time to time in 
accordance with the provisions of clause (7) of section 2 of the Bureau of Indian Standards 
Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), shall apply from the date of such publication.  
[No. 313/2/2023 -S AND QC]  
Dr. A. K. TRIPATHI, Adviser/Scientist G, MNRE