[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, 
SECTION 3, SUB -SECTION (ii)]  
  
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  
Ministry of Commerce and Industry  
(Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade)  
  
Order  
New Delhi, the    ---------------- 2019  
  
  
S.O.             (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section s (1) and (2) of section 16 
read with sub-section (3) of section 2 5 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), 
the Central Government, after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards, is of the opinion that it 
is necessary in the public interest, hereby makes the following Order, namely: - 
  
1.    Short tit le and commencement . – (1) This Order may be called the Cables (Quality 
Control) Order, 2019.  
  
(2)       It shall come into force with effect from date….........  
   
2.    Compulsory use of Standard Mark .- Goods or articles specified in column (2) of the 
below mentioned Table shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standard as specified  in 
column (3) of the said Table and shall bear the Standard Mark  under a license from the Bureau of 
Indian Standards as per Scheme -I of Schedule -II of the Bureau of Indian  Standards (Conformity 
Assessment) Regulations, 2018 : 
 
Provided that nothing in this Order shall apply to goods or articles meant for export.  
  
3.    Certification and enforcement authority.  – The Bureau of Indian Standards shall be the 
certifying and enforcing authority  for the goods or articles specified  in the column (2) of the 
Table.  
  
  
TABLE   
  
Sl. No.  Goods and articles  Indian 
Standard  Title of Indian Standard  
(1) (2) (3) (4) 
1 Heavy Duty Electric 
Cables  IS 1554 (Part 1) 
: 1988  Specification for PVC Insulated (Heavy Duty) 
Electric Cables  
Part 1 For Working Voltages Upto and Including 
1100 V  
IS 1554 (Part 2) 
: 1988  Specification for PVC Insulated (Heavy Duty) 
Electric Cables  
Part 2 For Working Voltages from 3.3 kV upto and Including 11 kV  
2 Cross -linked 
Polyethylene 
Insulated Sheathed 
Cables  IS 7098 (Part 1) 
: 1988  Specification for   Crosslinked  Polyethylene 
Insulated PVC Sheathed Cables  
Part 1 for working voltages upto and including 
1100 V  
IS 7098 (Part 2) 
: 2011  Crosslinked  polyethylene insulated 
Thermoplastics sheathed cables - Specification  
Part 2 for working voltages from 3.3 kV   up to 
and including 33 kV  
IS 7098 (Part 3) 
: 1993  Cross -Linked Polyethylene Insulated 
Thermoplastics Sheathed Cables  
Part 3 For Working Voltages from 66 kV   Up to 
and Including 220 kV  
3 Aerial Bunched 
Cables  IS 14255 : 1995  Aerial Bunched Cables - For Working Voltages 
Upto and Including 1100 Volts - Specification  
4 Elastomer Insulated 
Cables  IS 9968 (Part 2) 
: 2002  Specification for Elastomer Insulated Cables  
Part 2 For Working Voltages form 3.3 kV Upto 
and Including 33 kV  
5 Thermocouple 
Compensating Cables  IS 8784 : 1987  Specification for Thermocouple Compensating 
Cables  
6 Welding Cables  IS 9857 : 1990  
  Welding Cables - Specification  
7 Elastomer Insulated 
Flexible Cables for 
use in mines  IS 14494 : 2019  Elastomer Insulated Flexible Cables for Use in 
Mines - Specification  
8 Flexible Cables for 
Miner’s Cap Lamps  
  IS 2593 : 1984  Specification for Flexible Cables for Miner’s 
Cap-Lamps  
9 Shot Firing Cables  IS 5950 : 1984  Specification for Shot Firing Cables (for use 
other than in shafts)  
10 Halogen Free Flame 
Retardant (HFFR) 
Cables  IS 17048 : 2018  Halogen Free Flame Retardant (HFFR) Cables 
for Working Voltages Upto and Including 1100 
V - Specification  
  
Note: For the purposes of this Table, the latest version of Indian Standards including the 
amendments issued thereof, as may be notified by the Bur eau of Indian Standards from time to 
time, shall apply from the date of such notification.    
  
(F.No. P -29014/90/2017 -LEI)  
   
(Ravinder)  
                                    Joint Secretary to the Government of India