BIS Quality Control Order for Linear
Alkyl Benzene Temporarily Suspended for Three Months from 1 July to 30 Sept.
2026
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The
Central Government has amended the Linear Alkyl Benzene (Quality Control)
Order, 2022 to temporarily suspend its operation.
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The
amendment has been issued in the public interest under the Bureau of
Indian Standards (BIS) Act, 2016.
·
The
decision follows global supply chain disruptions, which have affected
the availability of Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB).
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After
consultation with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the government
concluded that a temporary suspension is necessary to ensure adequate domestic
supply of LAB.
·
The
amendment substitutes the proviso in Paragraph 2 of the Quality Control Order,
making the suspension applicable from 1 July 2026 to 30 September 2026.
·
The
temporary relaxation is intended to maintain uninterrupted availability of
LAB, a key raw material used in the manufacture of detergents and cleaning
products, during the period of global supply constraints.
[Department of Chemicals and
Petrochemicals Order S.O. 3456(E) dated 25 June, 2026]
S.O. 3456(E).— Whereas, the Central Government has
published the Linear Alkyl Benzene (Quality Control) Order, 2022 in the Gazette
of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide S.O. 1648
(E), dated 5th April, 2022 (hereinafter to referred as the said
Order) in the public interest under and the powers conferred by section 16 of
the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016);
And
whereas, in view of the exigencies prevailing globally, the Central Government,
in consultation with the Bureau, has taken cognizance of the supply chain
disruption and is satisfied that to ensure availability of the Linear Alkyl
Benzene, it is necessary and expedient to suspend the operation of the said
Order temporarily;
Now,
therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 read with
sub-section (3) of section 25 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11
of 2016), and being of the opinion that it is necessary so to do in the public interest,
the Central Government, after consultation with the Bureau of Indian Standards,
hereby makes the following amendment to the said Order, namely :-
In
the Linear Alkyl Benzene (Quality Control) Order, 2022, in paragraph 2, in the
proviso, for the 01.07.2026 to the 30.09.2026 (First July Two Thousand
Twenty-Six to Thirty September Two Thousand Twenty-Six only) shall be substituted.
[F.
No. PC-II 46016/ 6/2020-Tech.CPC Pt- 1]