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Handloom, textile, sugar firms get respite on quality rules
Mint Mumbai
|November 19, 2025
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on Monday pushed back enforcement of its newly-amended standards for handloom cotton muslin and handloom cotton mix sarees to May 2026, offering relief to weavers who faced steep costs from stricter fibre rules, new testing methods and fresh certification requirements.
A similar reprieve was given to the raw sugar sector. These norms were to be enforced from 3 November 2025.
Late Tuesday, the government also withdrew the quality control orders (QCOs) on viscose staple fibre (VSF), a move that will give a fillip to fabric and apparel manufacturers, who use the fibre.
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