IS 302 (Part 1): the general safety standard for household electrical appliances, its Part 2 series, testing, fees and QCO dates

IS 302 (Part 1) is India's general safety standard for household and similar electrical appliances. The current edition, IS 302 (Part 1):2024, "Household and Similar Electrical Appliances - Safety Part 1 General Requirements", is identical to IEC 60335-1:2020 under dual numbering^[1].

"General" is the key word. Part 1 sets rules for every appliance: marking, protection against shock, heating, leakage current, moisture resistance, abnormal operation, mechanical strength, construction, components and cords^[6]. The Part 2 standards add or change clauses for one appliance type, such as irons, kettles or microwave ovens, and are always read with Part 1.

Since 1 October 2026 Part 1 is also compulsory in its own right: the household appliances QCO requires it for almost every appliance not covered by another order^[3]. See the appliances QCO. We do not reproduce the standard's text; BIS sells it.

Part 1 is the base; Part 2 sections, product standards and other orders decide what applies to a given appliance. The table maps the neighbours an importer meets most often.

Find the order, find the Part 2, fix the edition, group the models, prove the components, then test and apply. The approval checker and QCO deadline checker help with steps 1 and 3.

IS 302 (Part 1):2024 applies, with the 2008 edition still accepted until 23 February 2027^[2]. The 2024 edition is the seventh revision, supersedes IS 302-1:2008, has no amendments and is kept by ETD 32^[1].

The QCOs followed the standard: the 2024 umbrella order cited the 2008 edition^[16], while the 2025 and 2026 orders cite the 2024 edition^[17][3]. On 1 November 2026 BIS's portal showed 211 licences and 65 laboratories for IS 302 (Part 1):2024^[1].

The 2024 edition brings battery-operated appliances and AC appliances up to 480 V into scope and adds new clauses on battery charging, construction and components^[6].

Each Part 2 is numbered "IS 302 (Part 2/Sec n)" and usually matches IEC 60335-2-n; for example IS 302 (Part 2/Sec 3):2024 for irons is identical to IEC 60335-2-3:2022 and refers to Part 1:2024^[8].

Where a matching Part 2 exists, a licence needs Part 1 and the Part 2; where none exists, it is based on Part 1 and the IEC standards Part 1 refers to^[7]. Many Part 2 sections are compulsory through their own orders, under different schemes:

BIS's 21 January 2026 circular gave Part 1 and eight related standards the same last date of concurrent running, 23 February 2027^[18]. Two are renumbered, which catches people searching for the old number.

The 2024 edition brings battery-operated appliances into scope and adds a clause on charging metal-ion batteries^[6]. This matters most to importers of small gadgets.

The QCO followed. The 2024 order covered only AC appliances^[16]; the 2025 order extended scope to DC and battery appliances^[17]; and the 2026 order names battery or DC vacuum cleaners, shavers and trimmers, massagers, blenders and juicers, toothbrushes, foot warmers and air purifiers^[3].

Lithium cells inside may be a CRS category under IS 16046 (Part 2)^[12]; see IS 16046 and lithium battery packs. A battery model cannot share a series with a mains model^[13].

Appliances under the 2026 umbrella QCO and appliance adapters under CRS name Part 1 directly. Ninety appliance types are listed, within a scope covering household and commercial appliances up to 250 V single-phase and 480 V otherwise^[3]. Adapters for household appliances are a CRS category citing IS 302 (Part 1)^[12].

The QCO lists no HS codes^[3], so coverage follows the description. Common tariff items, as reported, are below; check yours in the HS code approval finder.

Testing covers marking and instructions, live-part access, power input, heating, battery charging, leakage current and electric strength, transient overvoltages, moisture, abnormal operation, stability, mechanical strength, construction, wiring, components and cords^[6].

Equipment. BIS's manual lists indicative kit including test probes B, 13, 41 and 18, high-voltage and leakage-current testers, data loggers with fine-wire thermocouples, a humidity chamber, a spring impact hammer and an inclined plane^[13].

Samples and grouping. The July 2025 manual set a sample of two, with the highest- and lowest-input models of a series tested^[13]; the February 2026 revision changed sample quantity, grouping and the inspection scheme with immediate effect^[20].

Switching editions. A licensee moving from 2008 to 2024 submits third-party reports for the new and changed tests and proves components under clause 24^[14].

Much more than most ISI products: BIS's laboratory system lists Rs 75,000 to Rs 3,02,000 for the complete Part 1, excluding taxes, with product-specific entries from Rs 34,200^[5]. The portal counted 65 labs on 1 November 2026^[1]. Part 2 testing is charged on top. Compare labs on BIS labs, Bengaluru labs and Delhi NCR labs.

The Safety of Household, Commercial and Similar Electrical Appliances QCO, 2026 (S.O. 1739(E)) makes it mandatory from 1 October 2026, 1 January 2027 for small and 1 April 2027 for micro enterprises^[3].

Most IS 302 appliances need the ISI mark under Scheme-I, but a few are on the CRS list. The 2026 QCO requires the Standard Mark under a Scheme-I licence, with BIS as certifier and enforcer^[3]. Foreign factories apply under FMCS, which BIS says takes about six months on average^[30].

Microwave ovens, electronic clocks with mains power, appliance adapters, induction stoves and rice cookers are under CRS instead^[7], which works by self-declaration with a lab report^[15]. A product sits under one regime, not two^[3]. Holders of a voluntary licence under a Part 2 could change over to Part 1 without further testing^[31]. See CRS vs ISI vs FMCS.

For a large firm the minimum is Rs 2,41,000 a year for the first appliance and Rs 50,000 for each further appliance, plus Rs 1.00 a piece^[4]. Medium firms pay Rs 1,93,000 for the first^[4], and BIS gives micro enterprises an 80% and small enterprises a 50% concession on the minimum until 31 May 2029^[32].

On top: Rs 1,000 application, Rs 7,000 per inspection man-day and Rs 1,000 annual licence fee^[33]. See ISI mark fees and ISI licence costs.

These examples add BIS's published fees to listed lab charges and assume one inspection man-day for illustration.

1. Large Indian maker, one appliance (a fabric steamer). Fabric steamers are named in the umbrella order^[3]. Rs 75,000 test^[5] + Rs 1,000 + Rs 7,000 + Rs 1,000^[33] + Rs 2,41,000 minimum marking fee^[4] = Rs 3,25,000 before GST.

2. Same maker adds a kettle line. Kettles and steamers are different product types and cannot share a series^[13]; the second appliance adds Rs 50,000 to the minimum marking fee^[4] plus its own test.

3. Micro enterprise. With the 80% concession^[32], the Rs 2,41,000 minimum works out at Rs 48,200 on our arithmetic, and the order applies to micro firms from 1 April 2027^[3].

4. Importer of battery hair trimmers. The foreign factory needs an FMCS licence^[34], the cells may need CRS under IS 16046^[12], and the importer needs battery EPR^[35]. Price it in the compliance cost estimator.

The order's table names 90 appliance types, and unlike the 2024 and 2025 orders it no longer calls the list "illustrative"^[3]. Examples that matter to importers:

• Kitchen: appliances for heating liquids and electric water boilers (kettles are not named as such)^[3]; centrifugal juicers, food processors, grain grinders up to 3 l and battery blenders^[3].
• Garment care: fabric steamers, listed separately from irons^[3].
• Heating: thermal storage room heaters, foot warmers and heating mats, and flexible heating appliances such as blankets^[3].

Left out are appliances already under their own orders: mixers and grinders under IS 4250, irons and room heaters under the 2003 order, and microwave ovens, induction stoves and rice cookers under CRS^[7]. Refrigerators have their own QCO too^[36]; see refrigerators.

Through FMCS, which covers every product except MeitY-notified electronics^[34]. The foreign maker applies, not the importer^[37].

Most problems come from scope: the wrong order, the wrong Part 2 or a series that mixes types.

Breaking the order is punishable under the BIS Act^[3]: selling or importing without a valid mark breaches section 17^[40], with up to two years' imprisonment or a fine from Rs 2 lakh up to ten times the value of the goods^[40]. See selling without BIS, or ask for a free compliance check.

• The sample quantity in the February 2026 product manual; we could not find the manual itself^[20].
• Lab charges are a snapshot of what labs list on BIS's system^[5].
• Whether an appliance with a matching Part 2 under the umbrella order needs one licence or two; BIS's rule says compliance with both is established before grant^[7].