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Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal has hailed the Quality Control Orders for the leather industry as a game changer for the sector. While interacting with the repr
Get latest articles and stories on Latest News at LatestLY. The government in consultation with the footwear industry on Wednesday decided not to extend the deadline for complying with the mandatory quality standards -- which will come into force on July 1 -- and included MSMEs from the sector into its ambit. Latest News | Footwear Industry to Comply with Quality Control Orders from July 1; MSMEs Also Included.
Bodies representing large footwear retailers also want their existing inventory — procured or manufactured before the quality control orders (QCO) — to be exempt from the mandatory qualiity certification.
The government is of the opinion that it is necessary to implement quality controls to increase the standards of Geo Textiles and Protective Textiles and protect the environment, human health, and animal and plant life on par with those in developed countries.
On March 13, SGCCI and the Federation of Gujarat Weavers Association (FOGWA) had called on Union Minister of Chemical and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya and Union Minister of State for Textiles and Railways Darshana Jardosh in Delhi requesting to extend the date of implementation of Quality Control Orders (QCO) on various polyester yarns by nine months.