**Summary:**
The Ministry of Heavy Industries has issued the Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety Omnibus Technical Regulation Amendment Order, 2025, amending the original Order of 2024 (published August 28, 2024). This amendment refines the implementation timeline and scope of safety regulations for machinery and electrical equipment.
Key provisions of the Amendment Order include:
* **Effective Date:** The regulation applies from September 1, 2026, to all machines and electrical equipment listed in the first Schedule of the principal Order. The regulation of assemblies, subassemblies, and components listed in the first Schedule will commence on a date to be notified separately in the Official Gazette.
* **Standards Compliance:** Machines and electrical equipment specified in the first Schedule must conform to corresponding Indian Standards, specifically:
* Type A standards: IS 16819:2018/ISO 12100:2010 (Safety of Machinery - General Principles for Design Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction)
* Type B standards (as per the second schedule)
* Type C standards (as per the third schedule). Type C standards take precedence when deviating from Type A or B.
* **Enforcement:** The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is designated as the certifying and enforcement authority.
* **Exemptions:** The following are exempt from the regulation:
* Goods manufactured domestically for export.
* Construction equipment covered under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
* Products already covered under other orders issued under Section 16 of the BIS Act, 2016.
* **Support for Industry:** To aid industry, particularly SMEs, in adapting to the regulations, the government has implemented the following measures:
* A preregistration portal for domestic manufacturers was launched on October 23, 2024. As of July 31, 2025, 494 domestic manufacturers had preregistered.
* Awareness programs have been conducted in collaboration with Industry Associations, the Ministry of Heavy Industries, and BIS.
This information was provided by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Steel, Shri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. Release ID: 2157964.
Key Entities Referenced
Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety Omnibus Technical Regulation Amendment Order, 2025: The title of the amendment order being analyzed.
Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety Omnibus Technical Regulation Order, 2024: The principal order which is being amended.
Gazette of India: The official government publication where the order was published.
Central Government: The Union Government of India.
Indian Standards: The set of standards to which the machinery and electrical equipment must conform.
Bureau of Indian Standards: The certifying and enforcement authority for the regulation (BIS).
Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989: Rules pertaining to construction equipment, issued by MoRTH (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways).
BIS Act, 2016: The act under which other orders are issued covering products, with reference to Section 16.
Ministry of Heavy Industries
MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
SAFETY (OMNIBUS TECHNICAL REGULATION)
AMENDMENTORDER, 2025
Posted On: 19 AUG 2025 4:32PM by PIB Delhi
The “Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Amendment Order, 2025”
amends the Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024
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published in the Gazette of India on 28 August, 2024. The Amendment Order stipulates the following:
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(i) The regulation will apply from 1 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 principalOrder shall
apply from such date as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette.
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.
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Compliance for machines and electrical equipment in the first Schedule will commence from 1 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.
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.
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.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries & Steel, ShriBhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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(Release ID: 2157964)