Archive · 2 Jan 2026
India Adjusts QCO Roadmap for Standards Alignment
India has decided to change its plan for setting quality standards for products.
This is to make sure that the standards match what labs can handle and to make trade easier with other countries.
Some standards have been withdrawn to prevent problems in getting supplies, especially for things like clothes, paper, and small engineering products.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is still making new standards, but the focus is on doing this in a smarter way.
This means they are not lowering the quality but making sure the standards are introduced at the right time.
India is adjusting its Quality Control Orders (QCO) roadmap to align standards with lab readiness.
Recent withdrawals aim to prevent supply disruptions in sectors like textiles, paper, and light engineering.
BIS continues to notify new standards, focusing on intelligent sequencing rather than diluting quality enforcement.
The adjustments are intended to ease friction with trading partners.
Two officials involved in the process confirmed these changes anonymously.
- Who
- Indian government and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
- What
- Adjustment of Quality Control Orders (QCO) roadmap
- When
- Recent (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- India
- Why
- To align standards with lab readiness and ease friction with trading partners
- Country
- India
- Affected Sectors
- Textiles, Paper, Light Engineering
- Objective
- Align standards with lab readiness and ease trade friction
- Key Action
- Withdrawal of certain standards to prevent supply disruptions
- BIS Role
- Continued notification of new standards