Background:
The Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024 was introduced by the Ministry of Heavy Industries to establish a unified safety and quality framework for machinery and electrical equipment in India. Issued under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016, the Order mandates compliance with prescribed Indian Standards through compulsory BIS certification. Its primary aim is to reduce safety risks, enhance product reliability, and ensure uniform technical requirements across domestically manufactured and imported products. The regulation covers a wide range of machinery, electrical equipment, and related assemblies used across industries. By providing a structured compliance regime with phased enforcement, the Order seeks to strengthen consumer protection while allowing industry adequate time to adapt.
Applicability:
This Order shall apply to machines and electrical equipment listed in the first Schedule annexed to this Order from the 1st September, 2026. However, to the assemblies, sub-assemblies and components listed in the first Schedule, this Order shall apply from such date as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette
Nothing in this Order shall apply to:
Compliance Requirements under the Order
Each machine, or as the case may be, electrical equipment specified in the first Schedule shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standards, as applicable, as given below:-
(a) 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,
(b) Type B Standards –as per the second schedule;
(c) 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
Each machine, or as the case may be, electrical equipment, specified in the first Schedule shall conform to the labelling and marking requirements as provided in the Scheme X of the Conformity Assessment Regulations and also to be complied with the safety instructions or symbols, if any required to be labelled or marked on the machinery or electrical equipment, as the case may be.
Requirement of technical file shall be complied with as provided in the Scheme X of the Conformity Assessment Regulations.
(a) Compulsory certification.––Each machine or electrical equipment, as the case may be, specified in the first Schedule shall bear the standard mark under a license from the Bureau; or issued with a certificate of conformity in case of machine, or as the case may be, electrical equipment, is not desired to be manufactured on a continuous basis as provided in the Scheme X of the Conformity Assessment Regulations.
(b) Prior to obtaining license or certificate of conformity under para 4(a) of this order, manufacturer of each machinery or electrical equipment, as the case may be, specified in the first schedule shall register with the BIS.
The market surveillance in respect of any machine or electrical equipment, as the case may be, under these rules, shall be governed by such guidelines as may be issued time to time.
Penalties & Punishment
Note: Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024 has been rescinded vide Not. no. S.O. 239(E). dated 14.01.2026