The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has issued the Handbook on Chemicals and Hazardous Waste Management and Handling in India (MoEF&CC). The handbook is based on the revised Globally Harmonized System adopted in year 2019 by the United Nations. The scope of GHS includes the following
- A harmonized criteria for classifying chemical substances and mixtures according to their health, environmental and physical hazards;
- A harmonized system for the communication of hazard elements; (for instance pictograms and labels; symbol such a flame, gas cylinder etc, signal word such as ‘danger’; ‘warning’; and hazard statement such as “Chemical under pressure: May explode if heated), including requirements for labelling and safety data sheets.
