[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii)]  
  
Government of India  
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers  
(Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals)  
  
Order 
                                                    New Delhi, the         March, 2021  
 
S.O.--------(E). -- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 read with Sub-section (3) 
of section 25 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the Central 
Government,  after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standard 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 p-Xylene (Quality 
Control) Order, 2021. 
(2) It shall come into force on the expiry of one hundred and eighty days from the date of its 
publication in the Official Gazette.  
2.  Conformity to standard and compulsory use of Standard Mark. -- Goods or articles 
specified in column (1) of the Table below shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standard 
in column (2) of the said Table and shall bear the Standard Mark under a licence 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 in respect of the goods or articles specified in column (1) of 
the said Table.  
  
4.  Penalty for contravention. - Any person who contravenes the provisions of this Order 
shall be punishable under the provisions of the said Act.  
  
Table 
Goods or articles  Indian Standard  
  Title of Indian Standard  
  
(1) (2) (3) 
p-Xylene  IS 17370 : 2020 p-Xylene - Specification 
   
   
Note: For the purposes of the Table, the latest version of the Indian Standards including the 
amendments issued thereof, as may be notified by the Bureau of Indian Standards from 
time to time, shall apply from the date of such notification.  
 
(File No. PC-II 46016/ 6/2020-Tech.CPC) 
  
(Kashi Nath Jha) 
Joint Secretary  