India CRO (Compulsory Regulatory Order) Movements

Abstract

India plays an important role in Asia as it has the world’s 2nd biggest population and resources. As per a study by Gartner, it is projected that India will be the second largest information technology market in the Asia Pacific region overriding Australia and behind only China by 2018. With the increasing market size, there has been a steep increase in import of sub-standard / poor quality electronic goods into the Indian market. In order to take care of this issue, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), in September 2012, started the Compulsory Registration Order (CRO). The scheme came into effect on July 3, 2013.This effective date later on delayed 3months to July 3 then probation period is added 6 months to January 3, 2014. The DietY has been recently re-named as the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY). MeitY is the nodal authority who issues the standard and regulations including monitoring the product scope Bureau of India Standards (BIS) is the authority that executes the policy defined by MeitY and issues the registration for products in scope. We will talk further about how India regulatory standard (IS13252 (Part 1):2010 for ITE equipment) is different from the international norm (IEC60950) and the challenges faced by the industry in complying with the CRO.