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Core Purpose

This Order further amends the Textiles — High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) / Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Order, 2023, the Textiles — Polypropylene (PP) Woven, Laminated, Block Bottom Valve Sacks for Packaging 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Order, 2023, and the Textiles — Polypropylene (PP)/ High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Laminated Woven Sacks for Mail Sorting, Storage, Transport and Distribution (Quality Control) Order, 2023, by uniformly substituting their respective enforcement dates to October 6, 2026.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals) issued three separate Orders on January 5, 2026 (S.O. 51(E), S.O. 52(E), and S.O. 53(E)), in exercise of powers conferred by sections 16, 17, and sub-section (3) of section 25 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016). These Orders, made in the public interest and after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards, amend three distinct Quality Control Orders (QCOs) from 2023. Specifically, the Textiles — High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) / Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Order, 2023 (originally S.O. 5178(E) dated December 6, 2023), the Textiles — Polypropylene (PP) Woven, Laminated, Block Bottom Valve Sacks for Packaging 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Order, 2023 (originally S.O. 5179(E) dated December 6, 2023), and the Textiles — Polypropylene (PP)/ High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Laminated Woven Sacks for Mail Sorting, Storage, Transport and Distribution (Quality Control) Order, 2023 (originally S.O. 5181(E) dated December 6, 2023) are all amended. Each amendment substitutes sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 in its respective 2023 Order, changing the date of coming into force to the '6th day of October, 2026'. These amending Orders are titled 'Textiles — High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)/ Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026', 'Textiles — Polypropylene (PP) Woven, Laminated, Block Bottom Valve Sacks for Packaging 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026', and 'Textiles — Polypropylene (PP)/ High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Laminated Woven Sacks for Mail Sorting, Storage, Transport and Distribution (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026' respectively. All three original 2023 QCOs had been previously amended multiple times in 2024 and 2025. The orders are signed by Deepak Mishra, Joint Secretary.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-05012026-269115 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 50] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2026/PAUSHA 15, 1947 MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals) ORDER New Delhi, the 5th January, 2026 S.O. 51(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 read with section 17 and sub-section (3) of section 25 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the Central Government, being of the opinion that it is necessary so to do in the public interest and after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards, hereby makes the following Order further to amend the Textiles — High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) / Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Order, 2023, namely: - 1. (1) This order may be called the Textiles — High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)/ Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Textiles — High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) / Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Order, 2023, in paragraph 1, for sub-paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely: — “(2) It shall come into force on the 6th day of October, 2026". [F. No. PC-II-25014/9/2019-TECH.-CPC] DEEPAK MISHRA, Jt. Secy. Note: The Textiles — High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) / Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for Packaging of 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Order, 2023 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 5178(E), dated the 6th December, 2023 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers S.O. 2181(E), dated the 4th June, 2024, S.O. 3938(E), dated the 13th September 2024, S.O. 5261(E), dated the 6th December, 2024, S.O. 2551(E), dated the 11th June 2025 and S.O. 4066(E), dated the 4th September, 2025. ORDER New Delhi, the 5th January, 2026 S.O. 52(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 read with section 17 and sub-section (3) of section 25 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the Central Government, being of the opinion that it is necessary so to do in the public interest and after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards, hereby makes the following Order further to amend the Textiles — Polypropylene (PP) Woven, Laminated, Block Bottom Valve Sacks for Packaging 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Order, 2023, namely: - 1. (1) This order may be called the Textiles — Polypropylene (PP) Woven, Laminated, Block Bottom Valve Sacks for Packaging 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Textiles — Polypropylene (PP) Woven, Laminated, Block Bottom Valve Sacks for Packaging 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Order, 2023, in paragraph 1, for sub-paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely: “(2) It shall come into force on the 6th day of October, 2026". [F. No. PC-II-25014/9/2019-TECH.-CPC] DEEPAK MISHRA, Jt. Secy. Note: The Textiles — Polypropylene (PP) Woven, Laminated, Block Bottom Valve Sacks for Packaging 50 kg Cement (Quality Control) Order, 2023 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 5179(E), dated the 6th December, 2023 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers S.O. 2182(E), dated the 4th June, 2024, S.O. 3939(E), dated the 13th September 2024, S.O. 5262(E), dated the 6th December, 2024, S.O. 2552(E), dated the 11th June, 2025 and S.O. 4067(E), dated the 4th September, 2025. ORDER New Delhi, the 5th January, 2026 S.O. 53(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 read with section 17 and sub-section (3) of section 25 the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the Central Government, being of the opinion that it is necessary so to do in the public interest and after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards, hereby makes the following Order further to amend the Textiles — Polypropylene (PP)/ High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Laminated Woven Sacks for Mail Sorting, Storage, Transport and Distribution (Quality Control) Order, 2023, namely: - 1. (1) This order may be called the Textiles — Polypropylene (PP)/ High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Laminated Woven Sacks for Mail Sorting, Storage, Transport and Distribution (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Textiles — Polypropylene (PP)/ High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Laminated Woven Sacks for Mail Sorting, Storage, Transport and Distribution (Quality Control) Order, 2023, in paragraph 1, for sub-paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely: “(2) It shall come into force on the 6th day of October, 2026". [F. No. PC-II-25014/9/2019-TECH.-CPC] DEEPAK MISHRA, Jt. Secy. Note: The Textiles — Polypropylene (PP)/ High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Laminated Woven Sacks for Mail Sorting, Storage, Transport and Distribution (Quality Control) Order, 2023 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 5181(E), dated the 6th December, 2023 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers S.O. 2183(E), dated the 4th June, 2024, S.O. 3940(E), dated the 13th September 2024 and S.O. 5263(E), dated the 6th December, 2024, S.O. 2553(E), dated the 11th June, 2025 and S.O. 4068(E), dated the 4th September, 2025. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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