Quality control norms for 24 footwear products from July 1
The Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for 24 footwear products, consisting of rubber ‘hawai chappal’, and formal and sports shoes will be executed from July 1, 2023, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Director General Pramod Kumar Tiwari stated on Monday.
Tiwari, nevertheless, claimed that the QCOs will certainly be carried out for huge and moderate business from July 1, 2023, while for little and micro devices, these will certainly apply from January 1, 2023 and July 1, 2023, specifically.
All the stakeholders have actually been given sufficient time to comply with the QCOs, Tiwari stated at a press conference.
The government had started the process of issuing QCOs for the shoes market 3 years back. On October 7, 2020, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) notified 3 QCOs, bringing 27 footwear products under required qualification. Of these, QCOs for 3 shoes items under the individual protective tools entered into pressure considering that January 1, 2022, while QCOs for two other classifications– leather and various other materials shoes and all-rubber and polymeric product footwear– will certainly enter impact from July 1, 2023. Amongst the personal safety equipment classifications, 3 products are– safety footwear, safety shoes, and job-related footwear.
Sharing the information of the adjustments in standards for sports shoes, a BIS authorities said that sporting activities footwear criteria have been revised. Based on the modification there will be 2 categories of criteria for sports footwear. Initially, sporting activities shoes part-1 general purpose, and the 2nd, sports shoes part-2 performance sporting activities shoes. The criteria for the sports shoes part-2 efficiency sports shoes group will certainly be carried out from January 1, 2024.
Of the 24 items, requirements have actually been modified for 5 standards recently, the authorities claimed, adding that the makers making these items according to these revised specs will certainly be provided an added time of 6 months to adhere to the QCOs with effect from January 1, 2024.
The BIS qualification scheme is voluntary in nature but the Centre can make the compliance of Indian Standards required for different products.
