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India pulls 7 quality orders, revamps telecom standards
Mint Kolkata
|December 03, 2025
The moves ease compliance and mark a shift towards modernizing India’s technical rulebook
Fresh standards have also been set across telecom networks, fibre optics, lifts, domestic gas stoves and cybersecurity.
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India has begun one of its most sweeping standards overhauls in recent years, withdrawing 22 quality control orders (QCOs) over the past month while simultaneously issuing a fresh set of upgraded standards across telecom networks, fibre optics, lifts, domestic gas stoves, and cybersecurity.
The moves—announced through multiple notifications over the past month—ease compliance pressures and mark a shift towards modernizing India’s technical rulebook, as the country expands its digital and urban infrastructure at an unprecedented pace.
This story is from the December 03, 2025 edition of Mint Kolkata.
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