India extends quality norms deadline for certain footwear products

05 Jul '21

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India’s department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) recently offered additional time for the implementation of quality norms for certain footwear products amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The department, under the commerce and industry ministry, has issued three separate notifications to extend the date of implementation of the Leather and other materials (Quality Control) Order, 2020; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)-Footwear (Quality Control) Order, 2020; and Footwear made from all -Rubber and all Polymeric material and its components (Quality Control) Order, 2020.

While for footwear made from leather and rubber materials the deadline has been extended till July 1, 2022, for PPE-footwear, the new rollout date is January 1, 2022. These products would have to conform to the specified standards and bear the standard mark under a licence from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), according to the notification.

The items cannot be produced, sold/traded, imported and stocked unless they bear BIS mark. The department has also issued quality control norms for certain steel items and cables.

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