LEATHER FOOTWEAR COMPULSORILY IN BIS CERTIFICATION SCHEME IN INDIA

Are you a Manufacturer of footwear or footwear compound?

According to a recent notification from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), all footwear manufacturers will be required to have BIS certification, and all footwear must comply with the applicable Indian Standard and bear the Standard Mark (ISI Mark) under a license from the Bureau. It would be illegal to sell footwear made of leather or other materials without ISI Mark. Under this order, no manufacturer will be legally permitted to produce footwear without BIS certification. Failure to do so will result in criminal charges, including prison time and hefty fines.

As per (Quality Control) Order, of DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, BIS certification is mandatory for Footwear made from Leather and other materials. These quality control norms for leather shoes and other compound footwear are going to be implemented to contain imports and the production of sub-standard products in India. This notice covers different leather footwear, counting anti-riot shoes and safety boots too.

The department has issued three orders which are going to cover and lie different rubber and leather footwear in the mandatory certification of BIS. The orders issued are ‘Footwear made from Leather and other materials (Quality Control) Order, 2020,’ ‘Footwear made from all-Rubber and all Polymeric material and its components (Quality Control) Order, 2020’ and ‘Personal Protective Equipment Footwear (Quality Control) Order, 2020’.

BIS Certification for Footwear

The products embedded in the QCO “Footwear made from leather and other materials (Quality control) order, 2020’ are boots, safety shoes, canvas boots rubber sole, canvas shoes rubber sole, sports footwear, derby shoes, and anti-riot shoes. Table Down Below explains the kind of footwear, their standards, and the title of the standard specified in “Footwear made From Leather and Other Materials (Quality Control) order 2020.

Sr. No.	Name of Footwear	Indian Standard	Title of Indian Standard
1	Leather safety boots and shoes	IS 1989 (Part 1): 1986	Specification for leather safety boots and shoes Part 1 for miners Specification for leather safety boots and shoes Part 2 for heavy metal industries
2	Canvas Shoes Rubber Sole	IS 3735: 1996	Canvas Shoes, Rubber Sole- Specification
3	Canvas Boots Rubber Sole	IS 3736: 1995	Canvas Boots, Rubber Sole- Specification
4	Safety Rubber Canvas Boots for Miners	IS 3736: 1995	Safety Rubber Canvas Boots for Miners- Specification
5	Leather safety footwear having direct moulded rubber sole	IS 11226: 1993	Leather safety footwear having direct moulded rubber sole-Specification
6	Leather safety footwear with direct moulded polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sole	IS 14544: 1998	Leather safety footwear with direct moulded polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sole – Specification
7	Sports footwear	IS 15844: 2010	Sports Footwear- Specification
8	High ankle tactical boots with PU – Rubber sole	IS 17012: 2018	High ankle tactical boots with PU – Rubber Sole – Specification
9	Antiriot shoes	IS 17037: 2018	Antiriot shoes – Specification
10	Derby shoes	IS 17043: 2018	Derby shoes – Specification

BIS Certification for Rubber & Polymeric Material Footwear

The products embedded in the order ‘Footwear made from all-Rubber and all Polymeric material and its components (Quality Control) Order, 2020’ are rubber microcellular sheets, PVC sandal, all rubber gumboots, and ankle boots, industrial and protective rubber knee and ankle boots, rubber slippers, rubber Hawai chappal, PVC industrial boots, etc. This BIS Certification of footwear order is covering the quality control norms for footwear made from all rubber and polymeric material and its components.

Table Down Below explains kind of footwear, there standards and the title of standard for ‘Footwear made from all-Rubber and all Polymeric material and its components (Quality Control) Order, 2020’.

Name of Footwear	Indian Standard	Title of Indian Standard
Industrial and protective rubber knee and ankle boots	IS 5557: 2004	Industrial and protective rubber knee and ankle boots – Specification
All rubber gum boots and ankle boots	IS 5557 (Part 2): 2018	All rubber gum boots and ankle boots: Part 2 occupational purposes
Moulded solid rubber soles and heels	IS 5676: 1995	Moulded solid rubber soles and heels- Specification
Rubber microcellular sheets for soles and heels	IS 6664: 1992	Rubber microcellular sheets for soles and heels- Specification
Solid PVC soles and heels	IS 6664: 1992	Rubber microcellular sheets for soles and heels- Specification
Solid PVC soles and heels	IS 6719: 1972	Specification for solid PVC soles and heels
PVC sandal	IS 6721: 1972	Specification for PVC sandal
Rubber HawaiChappal	IS 10702: 1992	Rubber HawaiChappal- Specification
Slipper, rubber	IS 11544: 1986	Specification for slipper, rubber
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)industrial boots	IS 12254: 1993	Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)industrial boots – Specification
Polyurethane sole, semirigid	IS 13893: 1994	Polyurethane sole, semirigid- Specification
Unlined moulded rubber boots	IS 13995: 1995	Unlined moulded rubber boots – Specification
Moulded plastic, footwear-Lined, Unlined Polyurethane, boots for general industrial use	IS 16645: 2018	Moulded plastics footwear- Lined or Unlined polyurethane boots for general industrial use- Specification
Footwear for men and women for municipal scavenging work	IS 16994: 2018	Footwear for men and women for municipal scavenging work

BIS Standards for PPE Footwear

The order ‘Personal Protective Equipment Footwear (Quality Control) Order, 2020’ covers the personal protective equipment-footwear.

Name of Footwear	Indian Standard	Title of Indian Standard
Personal Protective Equipment – Footwear	IS 15298 (Part 2): 2016 IS 15298 ( Part 3) : 2019 IS 15298 (Part 4) :2017	Personal protective equipment – Part 2 Safety Footwear Personal protective equipment – Part 3 Protective Footwear Personal protective equipment – Part 4 Occupational Footwear

It is to be notified that these items cannot be sold, produced, traded, imported, or stocked unless they have a standard mark (ISI mark). These orders of Mandatory BIS Certification for Footwear, which present new quality control norms, will not apply to articles or goods meant for export purposes. All three orders state that the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the enforcing and certifying authority for the products listed in the order. The manufacturer will have to obtain a BIS license from the bureau to use the ISI mark on footwear.