A series of offline and online meetings were held with Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh – Secretary – DPIIT; Shri Rajeev Singh Thakur – Additional Secretary, DPIIT; Smt Mamta – Director, DPIIT wrt BIS regulations on footwear. Post the meetings, RAI had submitted the following representations to DPIIT:

• Request for extension of QCO implementation date due to delayed BIS inspections
• Support for the Indian Footwear Retail industry with exemption of legacy stock manufactured prior to the effective date of Footwear QCOs

RAI delegation had representatives from Nike, Decathlon, Reliance, Reebok, Adidas, Skechers, Puma, Bata, Under Armour, New Balance.