Lok Sabha Question No. 4261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Amendment Order, 2025
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4261

ANSWERED ON 19.08.2025

## MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SAFETY (OMNIBUS TECHNICAL REGULATION) AMENDMENT ORDER, 2025

## 4261.  SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH: SHRI BIBHU PRASAD TARAI:

## Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- ( a) the scope of the Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Amendment Order, 2025 and which specific categories of products are covered under this new regulation;
- (b) the detailed compliance requirements for domestic manufacturers and importers;
- (c)  the  implementation  strategy  for  this  order,  particularly  concerning  assemblies,  subassemblies, and components;
- (d) the details of the exemptions provided, if any; and
- (e) the measures taken by the Government to support the industry, especially small and mediumsized enterprises, in adapting to these new technical regulations and certification standards?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA)

- (a): 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 th August, 2024.  The Amendment Order stipulates the following:
- (i) The regulation will apply from 1 st September, 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  principal Order shall apply from such date as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette.
- (b): 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.

(c): Compliance for machines and electrical equipment in the first Schedule will commence from 1 st September, 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.

(d): 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.

(e): 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.

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