Programme of work

BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

Textiles Department

Programme of Work

TXD4 : Wool, Wool Products and Textile Floor Coverings

Scope : To formulate Indian Standards for terminology, grading, packaging and specifications for wool, wool products and textile floor coverings
Liaison :

ISO/TC 219 - Floor coverings - Participating (P)
ISO TC 38 - Textiles - Participating (P)
ISO TC 38/SC 23 - Fibres and yarns - Participating (P)

Published Standards

SI. No.	IS No.	Title	Reaffirmation Details	No. of Amendments	Degree of Equivalence
1.	IS 10921:2025	Textiles - Carpet Yarn Made from Pure New Wool - Specification ( First revision ))		-	Indigenous
2.	IS 10921:1984 Reviewed In : 2024	Specification for carpet yarn made from virgin wool	December, 2024	-	Indigenous
3.	IS 11205:2011 ISO 2424 : 2007 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile floor coverings – Vocabulary (first revision)	March, 2025	-	Identical under dual numbering
4.	IS 11206:1984 Reviewed In : 2025	Glossary of textile terms - Wool and other animal fibres, their processing and products	January, 2025	1	Indigenous
5.	IS 11471:2020 ISO 2551 : 2020 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile Floor Coverings and Textile Floor Coverings in Tile Form — Determination of Dimensional Changes Due to the Effects of Varied Water and Heat Conditions and Distortion out of Plane ( First Revision )	March, 2025	-	Identical under dual numbering
6.	IS 12131:2023	Textiles -Worsted Suitings- Specification		-	Indigenous
7.	IS 12811:1989 Reviewed In : 2025	Worsted lohis - Specification	March, 2025	1	Indigenous
8.	IS 12812:1989 Reviewed In : 2025	Worsted shawls - Specification	March, 2025	1	Indigenous
9.	IS 12838:1989 Reviewed In : 2025	Blazer cloth - Specification	March, 2025	2	Indigenous
10.	IS 12848:2024	Textiles - Woollen Blended Blankets - Specification (First Revision)		1	Indigenous
11.	IS 13904:1993 Reviewed In : 2024	Textiles - Serge, drab, polyester - Wool blended - Specification	March, 2024	-	Indigenous
12.	IS 14291:1995 Reviewed In : 2025	Textiles - Woollen shoddy yarn - Specification	March, 2025	-	Indigenous
13.	IS 14292:1995 Reviewed In : 2025	Textiles - Shoddy woollen barrack blankets - Specification	March, 2025	-	Indigenous
14.	IS 14566:2023	Textile Floor Covering - Hand-Knotted Silk Carpets-Specification		-	Indigenous
15.	IS 1530:1981 Reviewed In : 2025	Specification for baize cloth (second revision)	March, 2025	-	Indigenous
16.	IS 1531:2025	Textiles - Blanketing Cloth - Specification ( Third Revision )		-	Indigenous
17.	IS 16201:2014 ISO 4919 : 2012 Reviewed In : 2024	Carpets - Determination of tuft withdrawal force	March, 2024	-	Identical under dual numbering
18.	IS 1721:2023	Textiles - Hair belting yarn- specification		-	Indigenous
19.	IS 17260:2019 ISO 10361 : 2015 Reviewed In : 2024	Textile floor coverings – Production of changes in appearance by means of Vettermann drum and hexapod tumbler tester	March, 2024	-	Identical under dual numbering
20.	IS 17269:2021 Reviewed In : 2026	Identification Labelling and Marking of Pashmina Products (first revision of IS 17269)	March, 2026	1	Indigenous
21.	IS 17396:2020 ISO 9405 : 2015 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile floor coverings — Assessment of changes in appearance	March, 2025	-	Identical under single numbering
22.	IS 17473:2024 ISO 24338 : 2022	Laminate Floor Coverings - Determination of Abrasion Resistance		-	Identical under dual numbering
23.	IS 17474:2020 ISO 10833 : 2017 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile Floor Coverings - Determination of Resistance to Damage at Cut Edges Using the Modified Vettermann Drum Test	March, 2025	-	Identical under dual numbering
24.	IS 17475:2021 ISO 24341 : 2006 Reviewed In : 2026	Resilient and Textile Floor Coverings - Determination of Length, Width and Straightness of Sheet	March, 2026	-	Identical under dual numbering
25.	IS 17476:2020 ISO 10580 : 2010 Reviewed In : 2024	Resilient, Textile and Laminate Floor Coverings - Test Method for Volatile Organic Compound ( VOC ) Emissions	March, 2024	-	Identical under dual numbering
26.	IS 17477:2020 4918 : 2016 Reviewed In : 2025	Resilient, Textile and Laminate Floor Coverings - Castor Chair Test	March, 2025	-	Identical under dual numbering
27.	IS 17478:2020 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile Floor Covering - Wall to Wall Carpets Made of Polyamide ( Nylon ) Yarn - Specification	March, 2025	-	Indigenous
28.	IS 17479:2023	Textile Floor Covering - Carpet Tiles Made of Synthetic Yarn Specification		-	Indigenous
29.	IS 17486:2020 ISO 12951 : 2020 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile Floor Coverings - Determination of Mass Loss, Fibre Bind and Stair Nosing Appearance Change Using the Lisson Tretrad Machine	March, 2025	-	Identical under dual numbering
30.	IS 17488:2020 ISO 11857 : 1999 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile Floor Coverings - Determination of Resistance to Delamination	March, 2025	-	Identical under dual numbering
31.	IS 17489:2020 ISO 13750 : 2000 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile Floor Coverings - Determination of Resistance to Staining by Acid Food Colours	April, 2025	-	Identical under dual numbering
32.	IS 17490:2020 ISO 6356 : 2012 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile and Laminate Floor Coverings - Assessment of Static Electrical Propensity - Walking Test	March, 2025	-	Identical under dual numbering
33.	IS 17657:2021 ISO 8543 : 2020 Reviewed In : 2026	Textile floor coverings - Methods for determination of mass	March, 2026	-	Identical under dual numbering
34.	IS 17857:2022 ISO 24342 : 2018	Resilient and textile floor-coverings Determination of side length edge straightness and squareness of tiles		-	Identical under dual numbering
35.	IS 17858:2022 ISO 1763 : 2020	Textile floor coverings - Determination of number of tufts andor loops per unit length and per unit area		-	Identical under dual numbering
36.	IS 1793:2023	Requirements For Marking Textiles Materials Made of Wool		-	Indigenous
37.	IS 18158:2023	Textile Floor Covering - Artificial Grass Carpet made of Synthetic Yarn for Landscape Specification		-	Indigenous
38.	IS 18551:2024 ISO 13746: 2019	Textile Floor Coverings - Installation and Use on Stairs - Guidelines		-	Identical under dual numbering
39.	IS 18553:2024 ISO 18167: 2020	Textile Floor Coverings - Installation Practices General		-	Identical under dual numbering
40.	IS 18554:2024 ISO 20251 : 2016	Textile Floor Coverings - Water Impermeability Test		-	Identical under dual numbering
41.	IS 2319:2022	Textiles -Serge -Specification		-	Indigenous
42.	IS 32:2023	Code for seaworthy packaging of woollen and worsted yarn and cloth		-	Indigenous
43.	IS 4392:2024	Textiles - Hand-Made Namdhas- Specification (second revision)		-	Indigenous
44.	IS 5641:1993 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile floor covering – Handmade wool carpets – Specification (second revision)	March, 2025	-	Indigenous
45.	IS 5756:1970 Reviewed In : 2025	Code for packaging of carpets	March, 2025	-	Indigenous
46.	IS 5884:2020 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile Floor Covering - Hand Tufted Carpets - Specification ( Third Revision )	March, 2025	-	Indigenous
47.	IS 5910:2023	Fineness Grades of Wool		-	Indigenous
48.	IS 5911:2023	Fineness Grades of Wool Tops		-	Indigenous
49.	IS/ISO 6347-2004:2019 ISO 6347 : 2017 Reviewed In : 2024	Textile floor coverings – Consumer information (first revision)	March, 2024	-	Identical under single numbering
50.	IS 673:2023	Textiles -Cloth, Woollen, Twill Dyed-Specification		-	Indigenous
51.	IS 675:1973 Reviewed In : 2025	Specification for bunting, worsted (second revision)	March, 2025	3	Indigenous
52.	IS 677:1974 Reviewed In : 2025	Specification for cloth drab-mixture, woollen, water-resistant (second revision)	March, 2025	-	Indigenous
53.	IS 679:1993 Reviewed In : 2024	Textiles – Great coat cloth – Specification (third revision)	March, 2024	-	Indigenous
54.	IS 680:1993 Reviewed In : 2024	Textiles – Cloth barathea – Specification (third revision)	March, 2024	-	Indigenous
55.	IS 697:2005 Reviewed In : 2025	Textiles – Druggets (DURRIES) made from wool, camel hair and goat hair – Specification (first revision)	March, 2025	-	Indigenous
56.	IS 7026:2023	Textiles -Hosiery Yarn, Worsted - Specification		-	Indigenous
57.	IS 7033:2023	Commercial Moisture Regain Values for Wool and its Products		-	Indigenous
58.	IS 741:1971 Reviewed In : 2025	Code for inland packaging of woollen and worsted yarn and cloth (first revision)	March, 2025	-	Indigenous
59.	IS 7747:1993 Reviewed In : 2024	Textiles – Hand-knitting wool yarn, worsted – Specification (first revision)	March, 2024	-	Indigenous
60.	IS 7877 (Part 1 to 4):2023	Methods of Sampling and Tests for Hand-Made Carpets		-	Modified/Technically Equivalent
61.	IS 8331:2023	Textiles- Angola Shirtings- Specification		-	Indigenous
62.	IS 8689:2023	Textiles - Worsted, Gaberdine, Khaki, Drab- Specification		-	Indigenous
63.	IS 9393:2023	Code of Manufacturing Worsted Semi-Worsted and Woollen Yarns and Tolerances		-	Indigenous

Standards Under Develpoment

Projects Approved

SI. No.	Doc No	TITLE
No Records Found

Preliminary Draft Standards

SI. No.	Doc No	TITLE
1	TXD 4 (27313)	Textile Floor Coverings - Handmade Pashmina Carpet - Specification
2	TXD 4 (27314)	Textile floor coverings - Aircraft Carpet - Specification

Drafts Standards in WC Stage

SI. No.	Doc No	TITLE
No Records Found

Draft Standards Completed WC Stage

SI. No.	Doc No	TITLE
1	TXD 4 (28085) Revision of: IS 18554:2024	Textile floor coverings - Water impermeability test first revision
2	TXD 4 (28086) Revision of: IS 11205:2011	Textile floor coverings - Vocabulary Second Revision
3	TXD 4 (28087) Revision of: IS 17857:2022	Resilient and textile floor coverings - Determination of side length edge straightness and squareness of tiles and planks First Revision

Finalized Draft Indian Standard

SI. No.	Doc No	TITLE
No Records Found

Finalized Draft Indian Standards under Print

SI. No.	Doc No	TITLE
1	TXD 4 (26145)	Textile Floor Coverings - State of the Art on Maintenance and Cleaning
2	TXD 4 (28822)	Textile Floor Covering - Hand Tufted Carpets - Specification Third Revision Amendment No- 1
3	TXD 4 (28824)	Textile Floor Covering - Artificial Grass Carpet made of Synthetic Yarn for Landscape - Specification Amendment No - 1

Total Published Standards:58 Total Standards Under development : 8

Aspect Wise Report

Product:	31
Code of Practices :	8
Methods of Test :	16
Terminology :	2
Dimensions :	0
System Standard :	0
Safety Standard :	0
Others :	5
Service Specification :	0
Process Specification :	0
Unclassified :	0

Total :62

Annexure-I :List of Indian Standards Withdrawn/Superseded

SI. No.	IS No.	Title
1.	IS 10466:1983 Reviewed In : 2024	Guide for care and maintenance of carpets
2.	IS 10930:1984 Reviewed In : 2003	Quality grades of undyed medullated wool
3.	IS 11:1987 Reviewed In : 2003	Grading of Wool for Export
4.	IS 12132:1987 Reviewed In : 2003	Polyester Wool Blended Worsted Suitings
5.	IS 1532:1960	Serge Blue Worsted
6.	IS 1533:1960	Serge drab mixture water resistant
7.	IS 2156:1962 Reviewed In : 2003	Code for packing raw wool for export
8.	IS 2882:1964 Reviewed In : 2001	Camel Hair Druggets
9.	IS 2900:1970	Grading of raw wool for internal market
10.	IS 3184:1965 Reviewed In : 1995	Kelim Woollen Drugget for Export
11.	IS 668:1963	Serge Ordinary
12.	IS 669:1963	Serge Drab Mixture
13.	IS 670:1963	Serge Worsted Dyed superior
14.	IS 671:1963	Serge Battle Dress drab Mixture
15.	IS 672:1963	Serge White Lining
16.	IS 676:1963	Bunting Worsted revised
17.	IS 678:1963	Cloth drab mixture woollen water resistant No 2
18.	IS 7877 (Part 15):1976 Reviewed In : 2022	Methods of sampling and tests for hand-made carpets

Annexure-II :List of Indian Product Standards

SI. No.	IS No. & Year	Title
1.	IS 10921:2025	Textiles - Carpet Yarn Made from Pure New Wool - Specification First revision
2.	IS 12131:2023	Textiles -Worsted Suitings- Specification
3.	IS 12811:1989 Reviewed In : 2025	Worsted lohis - Specification
4.	IS 12812:1989 Reviewed In : 2025	Worsted shawls - Specification
5.	IS 12838:1989 Reviewed In : 2025	Blazer cloth - Specification
6.	IS 12848:2024	Textiles - Woollen Blended Blankets - Specification First Revision
7.	IS 13904:1993 Reviewed In : 2024	Textiles - Serge drab polyester - Wool blended - Specification
8.	IS 14291:1995 Reviewed In : 2025	Textiles - Woollen shoddy yarn - Specification
9.	IS 14292:1995 Reviewed In : 2025	Textiles - Shoddy woollen barrack blankets - Specification
10.	IS 14566:2023	Textile Floor Covering - Hand-Knotted Silk Carpets-Specification
11.	IS 1530:1981 Reviewed In : 2025	Specification for baize cloth second revision
12.	IS 1531:2025	Textiles - Blanketing Cloth - Specification Third Revision
13.	IS 1721:2023	Textiles - Hair belting yarn- specification
14.	IS 17269:2021 Reviewed In : 2026	Identification Labelling and Marking of Pashmina Products first revision of IS 17269
15.	IS 17478:2020 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile Floor Covering - Wall to Wall Carpets Made of Polyamide Nylon Yarn - Specification
16.	IS 17479:2023	Textile Floor Covering - Carpet Tiles Made of Synthetic Yarn Specification
17.	IS 18158:2023	Textile Floor Covering - Artificial Grass Carpet made of Synthetic Yarn for Landscape Specification
18.	IS 2319:2022	Textiles -Serge -Specification
19.	IS 4392:2024	Textiles - Hand-Made Namdhas- Specification second revision
20.	IS 5641:1993 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile floor covering Handmade wool carpets Specification second revision
21.	IS 5884:2020 Reviewed In : 2025	Textile Floor Covering - Hand Tufted Carpets - Specification Third Revision
22.	IS 673:2023	Textiles -Cloth Woollen Twill Dyed-Specification
23.	IS 675:1973 Reviewed In : 2025	Specification for bunting worsted second revision
24.	IS 677:1974 Reviewed In : 2025	Specification for cloth drab-mixture woollen water-resistant second revision
25.	IS 679:1993 Reviewed In : 2024	Textiles Great coat cloth Specification third revision
26.	IS 680:1993 Reviewed In : 2024	Textiles Cloth barathea Specification third revision
27.	IS 697:2005 Reviewed In : 2025	Textiles Druggets DURRIES made from wool camel hair and goat hair Specification first revision
28.	IS 7026:2023	Textiles -Hosiery Yarn Worsted - Specification
29.	IS 7747:1993 Reviewed In : 2024	Textiles Hand-knitting wool yarn worsted Specification first revision
30.	IS 8331:2023	Textiles- Angola Shirtings- Specification
31.	IS 8689:2023	Textiles - Worsted Gaberdine Khaki Drab- Specification