India - Draft Bottled Water Dispensers (Quality Control) Order, 2023

​​The India Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) recently notified WTO regarding draft Bottled Water Dispensers (Quality Control) Order, 2023.

A water dispenser is,  as its name implies, a device that dispenses water. It includes Bottom load water dispenser; Table-top water dispenser;  and freestanding water dispenser. Bottled dispensers are made to use pre-filtered bottled water, so they do not usually have or need a filter inside.

Bottled water dispensers shall conform to Indian Standard IS 17681:2022 and shall bear the Standard Mark under a license from the Bureau of Indian Standards as per Scheme-1 of Schedule-II to the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.