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Authorized Fireworks

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND PROMOTION

Notification

New Delhi, the 6th September, 2006

G.S.R..in exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 6 of the Explosives Rules, 2008, the Central Government hereby declares the following explosives as Authorized Explosives for export, transport, manufacture, possession, use and sale. List of Authorized fireworks Items

Class 7 Explosive Division/Sub Division The Safety Distance Category
(a) Sound Emitting Crackers sound level not exceeding 125 dB(AI) or 145 dB (C) pk at 4 meters distance from the point of bursting
1. Amorces in the form of caps or tapes for toy pistol consisting of dots of explosive composition as approved by the Chief Controller and in proportion not exceeding 4.5 grams of composition to every 1000 dots. 2/2 X
2. Atom Bomb made with gunpowder nitrate mixture or an explosive composition in quantity, wrapped up in a paper and tied round with string with such shape and dimension as approved by Chief Controller. 2/2 X
3. Chinese cracker having paper shells of size not exceeding 75 mm in length and 15 mm in diameter containing gunpowder nitrate mixture or an explosive composition in quantity as approved by the Chief Controller. 2/1 X
4. Maroons containing an explosive composition and of such construction, size and weight as may be approved by the Chief Controller, however they are not to be braided or combined together to form bunches or garland. 2/2 X
5. Palm Leaf Crackers made of palm leaf or paper to form triangular shape having size, construction, design and containing an explosive composition in quantity as approved by the Chief Controller. 2/2 X
6.Garland Cracker: Chinese Crackers braided together with thread in the form of a garland with the number limited in such a manner that the sound level of individual Chinese cracker of 125 dB(AI) is reduced by 5 X log 10 (N) where (N) is the number of the Chinese cracker braided together. 2/2 X
7. Combination Fireworks made of two or more of authorized items of Fireworks with sound level not exceeding 125 dB(AI)or 145 dB (C) pk at 4 meters distance from the point of bursting 2/2 X
8.Parachute made of Paper or cloth fitted with a flare or pay load and fired from a card-board mortar firmly fitted into a suitable base and containing lifting and functional composition in quantity as approved by Chief Controller. The fired flare and pay-load shall extinguish before falling on the ground. 2/2 X
9. Bicat Strips Chinese crackers braided together in a safety fuse with composition and size as required by the Armed Forces and as approved by the Chief Controller 4 X
10. Practice Hand-Grenade consisting of an explosive composition and of such design as required by the Armed Forces and approved by the Chief Controller. 4 X
11. Socket Sound Signals of such size, composition and design as approved by the Chief Controller. 2/2 X
     
(b) Color and Light Emitting Crackers Color and light emitting cracker (fireworks) having sound level Not exceeding 90 dB (AI).
12. Torches/pencils made of paper tube of size, dimensions (half of which is not filled with explosive composition) having explosive composition in quantity as approved by the Chief Controller with clear marking of the firing end. 2/2 X
13. Cobra Eggs/Snake pellets made of an explosive composition in the form of pellets of size, dimension and quantity as approved by the Chief Controller. 2/1 X
14. Colored Matches made of wooden/paper stick half of which is coated with an explosive composition not exceeding 0.8 gm per stick and as approved by the Chief Controller. 2/2 X
15. Combination Fireworks made of two or more of the authorized items of fireworks and of such construction, size and weight as may be approved by the Chief Controller 2/2 X
16. Distress Signal Rocket of such size, composition and design as approved by the Chief Controller. 2/2 X
17. Flower pot or Fountain made of paper or pulp and of such shape, size and consisting of an explosive composition in quantity as approved by the chief controller 2/2 X
18. Rockets of size not exceeding 76 mm in length and 25 mm in diameter provided it is not a metal case and containing an explosive composition in quantity and pay load as approved by the Chief Controller. 2/2 X
19. Roman Candle made of paper tube of size, dimension with diameter not exceeding 5 cm and containing an explosive composition in quantity as approved the Chief Controller. 2/2 X
20. Whistling rocket made of paper tube of size, construction, design and containing an explosive composition in quantity as approved by the Chief Controller. 2/2 X
21.Shell made of paper tube of diameter not exceeding 25 mm and of suitable height containing lifting and functional compositions in quantity as approved the Chief Controller and capable of placing the bursting shells in the sky at a height of at least 40 M from the ground level and bursting debris shall extinguish before falling on the ground. 2/2 X
22. Socket Distress Signals of such size, composition and design as approved by the Chief Controller. 2/2 X
23. Hand  Flares 2/2 X
24. Sparklers ( including Electric Sparklers and Colored Sparklers) each consisting of a wire having affixed thereto a mixture of nitrate of barium, aluminium powder, magnesium powder, iron fillings, dextrin and gum, the total weight of composition so fixed to each such wire not to exceed 22 grams provided that such sparklers shall be so constructed as not to allow any hot residue to become detached either during, or after combustion. 2/1 X
25. Very Signal Cartridges (Cartridges white & Colored smokes) 2/2 X
26. Electric stone/pellet made of an explosive composition and quantity in the form of pellet of such size, dimension and wrapped with foil/paper as approved by the Chief Controller. 2/2 X
27. Siren/Whistle made of paper tube of such size, dimension design, and containing an explosive composition in quantity as approved by Chief Controller and capable of producing whistling sound. 2/2 X
28. Squibs made of paper tube of size, dimension, design and containing an explosive composition and quantity as approved by Chief Controller. 2/2 X
29. Star match made of wooden/paper stick half of which is coated with an explosive composition not exceeding 1.0 gm per stick and as approved by Chief Controller. 2/2 X
30. Twinkling star: made of ply of cotton thread coated with an explosive composition and wrapped with paper as approved by Chief Controller. The total weight of contrivance shall not exceed 25 gms. 2/2 X
31. Quick Match made of ply of cotton thread coated with gunpowder in dextrin /gum and wrapped with tissue paper as approved by the Chief Controller. 3 Y
32. Micro Cord consisting of core of gunpowder within spun strands of thread and coated with gum with or with out cellophane tape wrapped circumferentially, as approved by the Chief Controller. 3 X
33. Wheelor chakra - of such size, design, dimension and containing an explosive composition in quantity as approved by Chief Controller which shall not explode while functioning. 2/2 X
34. Lance Network made of a number of paper tubes of such size, construction, design and containing an explosive composition as approved by Chief Controller and placed in such a manner to form different patterns. 2/2 X