India consults industry on registration of ‘priority’ chemicals

Plans include notification of substance hazards using GHS 8

India’s draft national chemical plan includes inventory and registration

Lays groundwork for adoption of GHS

India’s cosmetics legislative framework delayed

Now expected to be placed before parliament in mid-2020

India proposes making 72 chemical standards mandatory

Affected substances would require permits and certification

India consults on draft revisions to cosmetic colourant list

Updates align with EU regulations

Indian NGO calls for ban on nonylphenol in detergents

Toxics Link calls for roadmap on suspected endocrine disruptor

India consults on draft printing ink standard for FCMs

Move comes ahead of ban on solvents and plasticisers

Indian team identifies hundreds of potential EDCs from literature

Researchers develop online EDC tool called DEDuCT

India’s food safety body to head expert committee on plastics in FCMs

No standards in place addressing specific chemicals

India files draft cosmetics rules with WTO

But country pushes ahead on separate framework

Comment: China, India key to achieving global sound chemicals management

For biggest potential gains we should look to national governments and multinationals, rather than the UN

China and India must be key players if global sound chemicals management is to be achieved

The biggest potential gains lie with the two new chemicals giants. We should look to national governments and chemicals multinationals, rather than the UN, to help this happen

Production restarts at Indian J&J talc plants

Lifting followed by BIS authorised laboratory testing

India expected to create separate cosmetics legislative framework

Progress delayed until second half of the year

Expert Focus: Will India’s draft national chemical policy be published in 2019?

India publishes extensive draft cosmetics rules

Rules in 71 Articles aimed at simplifying compliance

India draft chemical plan possible early 2019

A REACH-like database will be considered

India publishes registration guidelines for biocides in paints

Registration requirements explained

EDCs and REACH concerns surface in UK/India trade review

Joint paper lays groundwork for post-Brexit talks

Maharashtra adapts to single-use plastics ban amid complaints

Steep fines and jail sentences used to enforce ban

Brexit showing ‘little impact’ on 2018 REACH registrations – Hansen

UK submissions figures ‘as expected’ for final deadline

EU demands clarification from India on toy import rules

Concern over 'de-facto in-country testing'

Indian state extends plastics ban deadline

Maharashtra gives consumers and retailers three months

Maharashtra joins growing list of Indian states banning plastics

Second most populous state's prohibition has immediate effect

Indian guidance allows alternative testing for pest control biocides

ZDHC announces its first contributor based in Bangladesh

Programme launches 'implementation hub'

India's new biocides rules expected within months

Foreign suppliers could face re-registration

India publishes draft food packaging rules

India to act on seven POPs by mid-2018

Current holders must notify their stocks

India to have a National Action Plan for Chemicals by 2018

Is this the first step towards coordinated chemical management in one of the world’s strongest growth markets?