New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- The Ministry of Textiles on Saturday extended the time period by 60 days for international manufacturers of Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) to get quality certificate from Bureau of Indian Standards.

To check the import of low-quality VSF, the Ministry of Textiles had notified the VSF QCO 2022 on December 29, 2022 and it was to be implemented from January 29, 2023.

However, looking at the import dependency of India on the VSF, specially for some nominated categories, the textile associations had urged the government to extend the deadline for the applicability of the notification.

The government has accepted the request and advised the BIS to complete the registration process of the important VSF suppliers at the earli...