[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 --------  , 2023  
S.O.------- (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred section 16 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  or expedient  so to do in the public 
interest, hereby makes the following Order, namely :- 
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This order may be called the Steel Wires or  Strands,  
Nylon or  ,Wire  Ropes  and Wire  mesh  (Quality  Control)  Order,  2023.  
(2) It  shall  come  into force  on the expiry of six month from the date of publication of this 
notification in Official Gazette.  
2. Conformity to standards and compulsory use of Standard Mark. - Goods or articles 
specified in column (1) of the Table shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standard 
mentioned in column (2) of the Table and shall  bear the Standard Mark  under a license from the 
Bureau of Indian Standards as per Scheme -1 of Schedule -II to the  Bureau  of Indian  Standards  
(Conformity  Assessment)  Regulations,  2018:  
 
Provided  that nothing  in this Order  shall  apply  to goods  or articles     manufactured  
domestically  for export.  
 
Provided that in relation to micro and small enterprises, as deﬁned under clauses (h) and (m), 
respectively of Section 2 of the  Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 
(27 of  2006), it sh all come into force on the expiry of twelve  month from the  date of publication  
of this notification.  
3. Certification and enforcement authority. - The Bureau of Indian Standards shall be the  
certifying and enforcing authority for the goods or articles speci fied in the  Table.  
4. Penalty for Contravention. – Any person who contravenes the provisions of   this Order shall 
be punishable under the provisions of the Bureau of Indian  Standards  Act, 2016.  
 
 
 
TABLE   
Goods  or articles  Indian  Standard  Title  of Indian  Standard  
(1) (2) (3) 
Steel  Wires or  Strands,  2266:2019  Steel  Wire  Ropes  for General  
Nylon or  Wire  Ropes   Engineering  Purposes    
and Wire  mesh  2365:2018  Steel  Wire  Suspension  Ropes  for 
  Lifts,  Elevators  and Hoists  
 1855:2022  Stranded  steel wire ropes  for 
  winding  and man - riding  haulages  
  in mines  
 1856:2005  Steel  Wire  Rope  for haulage  
  purposes    
 2141:2000  Hot Dip Galvanized  Stay Strand  
 4521:2001  Wire  Ropes  Used  in Oil Wells  and 
  Oil Well  Drilling  
 6590:1972  Braided  Nylon  Ropes  for 
  Mountaineering Purposes  
 278: 2009  Galvanized  Steel  Barbed  Wire  for 
  Fencing  
 16014:2018  Mechanically  Woven,  Double - 
  Twisted,  Hexagonal  Wire  Mesh  
  Gabions,  Revet  Mattresses  and 
  Rock  Fall Netting  and Other  
  products  for Civil  Engineering  
  Purposes  (Galvanized  Steel  Wire  or 
  Galvanized  Steel  Wire  with Polymer  
  Coating)  
 
Note. - For the purposes  of this Table,  the latest  version  of Indian  Standards  including  the 
amendments  thereof,  as notiﬁed  by the Bureau  of Indian  Standards from time to time shall 
apply.  
(F. No. P- 29026/3/2023 -LEI)  
 
 
(Sanjiv)  
Joint  Secretary  to the Government  of India