Quality Control Order

The new norms will make the goods strong and durable, and reduce the discomfort to consumers, as per the BIS.

Consumer Protection Body CCPA has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh each on e-commerce firms Paytm Mall and Snapdeal for selling "non-standard" pressure cookers. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has asked the online retailers to recall the sold items and reimburse the amount paid by the consumers. The CCPA found Paytm Ecommerce (Paytm ...

In order to step up efforts for ensuring better air quality in the upcoming winter season, strict vigil will be maintained against polluting activities in Delhi and neighbouring towns, the Ministry of Environment said on Wednesday.

The Central Pollution Control Board has directed the Delhi Police to ensure the top court order on burning fire crackers is followed on New Year.

At a time when Delhi has been revealed as the most polluted city in the world, fires continue to rage in its Neelwal locality despite a 2013 National Green Tribunal (NGT) order that clamped down on the burning of plastic. Ironically, this West Delhi area is situated just 30 km from the green court.

Air pollution levels dipped across Tamil Nadu on Diwali, the state pollution control board said Wednesday, a day after the festival was celebrated in the state for the first time after the Supreme Court order on the two hour window for bursting crackers came into force.

Halting all construction activities from November 1 for 10 days and intensifying patrolling in "hot spots" are among the measures directed by the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), which is even considering regulating use of private vehicles in the wake of an alarming rise in air pollution in Delhi.

Delhi's biggest coal power plant has been ordered to be permanently closed from today and the roads will be swept with special machines as part of a set of emergency measures that have been put in place by the government to combat air pollution, authorities said. With the temperatures slowing dipping, Delhi air pollution levels have gone up with to...

The ban on stubble burning in Punjab - an attempt to control air pollution levels in north India - has left the state's farmers in a fix. They say they need to clear crop residue to sow the next crop even if it is at the risk of hefty fines or even a jail term. The farmers said they have no choice but to defy the National Green Tribunal's order, as...

Industry bodies from the metal and stainless steel sector have approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Steel Minister Chaudhary Birendra Singh seeking their intervention to shelve the Steel Quality Control (QC) Order, 2016.

Even as the government is mulling regulating the medical devices sector, a task force has recommended a separate price control order by putting them under the Essential Commodities Act.

A day after the launch of the National Air Quality Index, the National Green Tribunal or NGT today rapped the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for not complying with its 2014 order on tackling pollution.

The government said on Friday that it has ordered the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to check the quality of drugs produced by Ranbaxy Laboratories and to check if the firm is following standard manufacturing norms at its various manufacturing plants.

Secondary steel makers have asked the Steel Ministry to rollback its "controversial" quality control order, making it compulsory to produce only Bureau of Indian Standards certified items from December 24.

The new norms will make the goods strong and durable, and reduce the discomfort to consumers, as per the BIS.

Consumer Protection Body CCPA has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh each on e-commerce firms Paytm Mall and Snapdeal for selling "non-standard" pressure cookers. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has asked the online retailers to recall the sold items and reimburse the amount paid by the consumers. The CCPA found Paytm Ecommerce (Paytm ...

In order to step up efforts for ensuring better air quality in the upcoming winter season, strict vigil will be maintained against polluting activities in Delhi and neighbouring towns, the Ministry of Environment said on Wednesday.

The Central Pollution Control Board has directed the Delhi Police to ensure the top court order on burning fire crackers is followed on New Year.

At a time when Delhi has been revealed as the most polluted city in the world, fires continue to rage in its Neelwal locality despite a 2013 National Green Tribunal (NGT) order that clamped down on the burning of plastic. Ironically, this West Delhi area is situated just 30 km from the green court.

Air pollution levels dipped across Tamil Nadu on Diwali, the state pollution control board said Wednesday, a day after the festival was celebrated in the state for the first time after the Supreme Court order on the two hour window for bursting crackers came into force.

Halting all construction activities from November 1 for 10 days and intensifying patrolling in "hot spots" are among the measures directed by the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), which is even considering regulating use of private vehicles in the wake of an alarming rise in air pollution in Delhi.

Delhi's biggest coal power plant has been ordered to be permanently closed from today and the roads will be swept with special machines as part of a set of emergency measures that have been put in place by the government to combat air pollution, authorities said. With the temperatures slowing dipping, Delhi air pollution levels have gone up with to...

The ban on stubble burning in Punjab - an attempt to control air pollution levels in north India - has left the state's farmers in a fix. They say they need to clear crop residue to sow the next crop even if it is at the risk of hefty fines or even a jail term. The farmers said they have no choice but to defy the National Green Tribunal's order, as...

Industry bodies from the metal and stainless steel sector have approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Steel Minister Chaudhary Birendra Singh seeking their intervention to shelve the Steel Quality Control (QC) Order, 2016.

Even as the government is mulling regulating the medical devices sector, a task force has recommended a separate price control order by putting them under the Essential Commodities Act.

A day after the launch of the National Air Quality Index, the National Green Tribunal or NGT today rapped the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for not complying with its 2014 order on tackling pollution.

The government said on Friday that it has ordered the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to check the quality of drugs produced by Ranbaxy Laboratories and to check if the firm is following standard manufacturing norms at its various manufacturing plants.

Secondary steel makers have asked the Steel Ministry to rollback its "controversial" quality control order, making it compulsory to produce only Bureau of Indian Standards certified items from December 24.