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India: codes and standards

Country	Designation	Scope (our words)	Status	Subjects
India	CPHEEO Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management (2016)	Central government manual for collection, processing and disposal of city waste.	current	Solid Waste Management
India	CPHEEO Manual on Sewerage and Sewage Treatment Systems (2013)	Central government manual for sewer networks and sewage treatment plants.	current	Sanitation and Wastewater Engineering, Environmental Engineering (overview)
India	CPHEEO Manual on Water Supply and Treatment	Central government manual for planning, design and operation of public water supply.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Environmental Engineering (overview)
India	EIA Notification, 2006 (MoEFCC)	Which projects need prior environmental clearance and the steps to obtain it.	current	Environmental Impact Assessment
India	IRC:112	Code of practice for concrete road bridges.	current	Prestressed Concrete, Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:119	Guidelines for traffic safety barriers.	current	Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering
India	IRC:22	Composite (steel-concrete) construction for road bridges.	current	Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:24	Steel road bridges (limit state method).	current	Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:35	Code of practice for road markings.	current	Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering
India	IRC:37	Guidelines for the design of flexible pavements.	current	Highway Engineering, Pavement Design
India	IRC:58	Guidelines for the design of plain jointed rigid pavements for highways.	current	Pavement Design
India	IRC:6	Standard specifications for road bridges: loads and load combinations.	current	Bridge Engineering, Flyovers and Interchanges
India	IRC:67	Code of practice for road signs.	current	Transportation Engineering, Highway Engineering
India	IRC:73	Geometric design standards for rural (non-urban) highways.	current	Transportation Engineering, Highway Engineering
India	IRC:78	Foundations and substructure of road bridges.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:79	Recommended practice for road delineators.	current	Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering
India	IRC:83 (Parts I to IV)	Road bridge bearings: metallic, elastomeric, pot and spherical types by part.	current	Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:86	Geometric design standards for urban roads.	current	Transportation Engineering, Highway Engineering, Flyovers and Interchanges
India	IRC:SP:59	Guidelines for use of geosynthetics in road pavements and associated works.	current	Highway Engineering, Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IRC:SP:69	Guidelines and specifications for expansion joints in road bridges.	current	Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:SP:91	Guidelines for road tunnels.	current	Tunnel Engineering
India	IRS Concrete Bridge Code (RDSO)	Design and construction of concrete railway bridges.	current	Bridge Engineering, Railway Engineering
India	IRS T-12 (RDSO)	Indian Railway standard specification for flat-bottom rails.	current	Railway Engineering
India	IS 10262	Guidelines for proportioning concrete mixes.	current	Concrete Technology
India	IS 10500	Specification for drinking water quality.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Environmental Engineering (overview)
India	IS 1077	Common burnt clay building bricks.	current	Building Materials, Building Construction
India	IS 1172	Basic requirements for water supply, drainage and sanitation, including per-capita demand.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Building Plumbing
India	IS 1199	Methods of sampling and analysis of fresh concrete, including slump.	current	Concrete Technology
India	IS 1200 (series)	Method of measurement of building and civil engineering works, one part per trade.	current	Estimation and Quantity Surveying
India	IS 1343	Design and construction of prestressed concrete.	current	Prestressed Concrete
India	IS 13920	Ductile design and detailing of reinforced concrete structures for seismic forces.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Earthquake Engineering
India	IS 14268	Uncoated stress-relieved low-relaxation seven-wire strand for prestressed concrete.	current	Prestressed Concrete
India	IS 14846	Sluice valves for water works purposes.	current	Water Supply Engineering
India	IS 1489 (Parts 1 and 2)	Portland pozzolana cement (fly ash and calcined clay based).	current	Concrete Technology, Building Materials
India	IS 1498	Classification and identification of soils for general engineering purposes.	current	Soil Mechanics
India	IS 15462	Polymer and rubber modified bitumen.	current	Highway Engineering, Pavement Design
India	IS 15883 (series)	Guidelines for construction project management, one part per knowledge area.	current	Schedule Management, Quality, Safety and Risk, Project Management, Cost Management
India	IS 1742	Code of practice for building drainage.	current	Building Plumbing
India	IS 1786	High-strength deformed steel bars for concrete reinforcement.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Building Materials
India	IS 1893 (Part 1)	Criteria for earthquake-resistant design: seismic zones and how to work out earthquake forces.	current	Structural Analysis, Reinforced Concrete Design, Earthquake Engineering
India	IS 1904	Design and construction of foundations in soils: general requirements.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IS 2062	Hot-rolled structural steel: grades and requirements.	current	Steel Design, Building Materials
India	IS 2065	Code of practice for water supply in buildings.	current	Building Plumbing
India	IS 2185 (series)	Concrete masonry units: hollow and solid blocks, AAC and others by part.	current	Building Materials, Building Construction
India	IS 2386 (Parts 1 to 8)	Methods of test for aggregates for concrete: shape, strength, soundness and more.	current	Concrete Technology
India	IS 2470 (Parts 1 and 2)	Installation of septic tanks and secondary treatment of their effluent.	current	Building Plumbing, Sanitation and Wastewater Engineering
India	IS 2502	Code of practice for bending and fixing of bars for concrete reinforcement.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Estimation and Quantity Surveying
India	IS 269	Ordinary Portland cement: requirements.	current	Concrete Technology, Building Materials
India	IS 2720 (series)	Methods of test for soils: water content, limits, compaction, shear and others, each in its own part.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Soil Mechanics
India	IS 2911 (series)	Design and construction of pile foundations.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IS 2950 (Part 1)	Design and construction of raft foundations.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IS 3370 (series)	Concrete structures for storage of liquids.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Water Supply Engineering
India	IS 383	Coarse and fine aggregate for concrete: requirements.	current	Building Materials, Concrete Technology
India	IS 4326	Earthquake-resistant design and construction of buildings, including masonry features such as bands.	current	Earthquake Engineering, Building Construction
India	IS 455	Portland slag cement.	current	Concrete Technology, Building Materials
India	IS 456	Plain and reinforced concrete: general rules for materials, durability, design and construction.	current	Concrete Technology, Building Construction, Reinforced Concrete Design
India	IS 4651 (series)	Planning and design of ports and harbours.	current	Ports and Harbours
India	IS 4880 (series)	Design of tunnels conveying water.	current	Tunnel Engineering, Dams and Hydraulic Structures
India	IS 4984	Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes for water supply.	current	Water Supply Engineering
India	IS 4985	Unplasticised PVC pipes for potable water supply.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Building Plumbing
India	IS 516	Methods of testing concrete for strength (cubes and related tests).	current	Concrete Technology
India	IS 5329	Sanitary pipe work above ground for buildings.	current	Building Plumbing
India	IS 6403	Determination of bearing capacity of shallow foundations.	current	Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IS 6512	Criteria for design of solid gravity dams.	current	Dams and Hydraulic Structures
India	IS 73	Paving bitumen: viscosity-graded (VG) specification.	current	Highway Engineering, Pavement Design
India	IS 7784 (series)	Design of cross-drainage works such as aqueducts and syphons.	current	Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering, Dams and Hydraulic Structures
India	IS 800	General construction in steel: limit state design of steel members and connections.	current	Steel Design
India	IS 8009 (Part 1)	Calculation of settlement of shallow foundations.	current	Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IS 8329	Centrifugally cast ductile iron pressure pipes for water, gas and sewage.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Sanitation and Wastewater Engineering
India	IS 875 (Parts 1 to 5)	Design loads other than earthquake: dead, imposed, wind, snow and load combinations.	current	Structural Analysis, Steel Design, Reinforced Concrete Design
India	IS 9103	Concrete admixtures: specification.	current	Concrete Technology
India	Indian Railway Standard Bridge Rules (RDSO)	Loads for railway bridges.	current	Railway Engineering, Bridge Engineering
India	Indian Railways Permanent Way Manual	Standards and practice for track laying and maintenance.	current	Railway Engineering
India	NBC 2016 Part 9 (Plumbing Services)	Water supply, drainage, sanitation and gas supply within buildings.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Sanitation and Wastewater Engineering, Building Plumbing
India	National Ambient Air Quality Standards (CPCB, 2009)	Limits for common air pollutants in outdoor air.	current	Air and Noise Pollution
India	National Building Code of India 2016	Model code for buildings: planning, structural design, fire, construction practice and safety, building services.	current	Earthquake Engineering, Building Plumbing, Reinforced Concrete Design, Building Construction, Project Management, Quality, Safety and Risk, Construction Methods and Equipment
India	Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000	Ambient noise limits by area category and time of day.	current	Air and Noise Pollution
India	Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016	National rules on duties of waste generators and local bodies.	current	Solid Waste Management

Listed in a fixed country order; no standard is ranked above another. Scopes are our summaries. Buy the standards from the issuing body for exact text.