The government on Monday announced that 12 Government Approved Test Centre (GATC) certificates have been provided to 11 private companies. The move is aimed at improving how weights and measuring tools are checked in India and to strengthen cooperation between the government and the private sector.   The Centre said that this will help increase the number of centres that check and verify weighing and measuring instruments used in trade. The aim is to make measurements more ac

On 28-11-2025, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution notified the Legal Metrology (General) Sixth Amendment Rules, 2025 to amend the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011. The provisions will come into effect on 1-4-2026. Key Provisions: The amendment has introduced a new Part in the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011: Part XIII relates to the Evidential Breath Analyser. Evidential Breath Analysers are quantitative instruments which provide a measu

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has formally issued the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Second Amendment Rules, 2025, vide Gazette Notification G.S.R. 881(E) dated December 2, 2025. Exercising powers under clauses (j) and (q) of sub‑section (2) of Section 52 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009, the Central Government has amended the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, to carve out a specific exemption for pan masala from the

A working group under the high-level committee on non-financial regulatory reforms (HLC-NFRR) headed by former cabinet secretary and NITI Aayog member Rajiv Gauba has proposed to allow use of “customary and supplemental” units like feet, yards and dozen for weights and measures, which are not legally recognised under the current law. According to sources, the Working Group-6, under the HLC-NFRR has proposed amendments in the various Sections of the Legal Metrology Act-2009, t

Kurnool District Collector Dr A Siri has cautioned traders and commission agents involved in cotton procurement that any malpractice in weighing procedures will attract strict legal consequences. She stated that the district administration is committed to ensuring fair practices in cotton trading and will not tolerate any attempt to deceive farmers through manipulation of weighing machines. In a press release on Sunday, the Collector has stated that the Legal Metrology Depart

Commissioner Secretary, Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Saurabh Bhagat, today conducted a comprehensive inspection of the Legal Metrology Department’s laboratories and infrastructure at Transport Nagar, Narwal, Jammu. He reviewed laboratory functioning and ongoing reforms aimed at strengthening consumer protection mechanisms across the Union Territory. Saurabh Bhagat inspecting Legal Metrology labs in Jammu on Sunday. During the inspection, the Commissioner S

The Department of Consumer Affairs has proposed an amendment to make it mandatory for e-commerce platforms to provide searchable and sortable filters based on the ‘Country of Origin’ for packaged commodities sold online. The Draft Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) (Second) Amendment Rules, 2025, issued on Monday, aim to enhance consumer empowerment and transparency in online shopping. The proposed change will enable consumers to identify the origin of products easily and

An awareness programme under the theme “Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection: The Journey Towards Viksit Bharat 2047”, was held on November 7, at Indoor Stadium, St. Joseph’s College (SJC), Jakhama. The programme was organised by department of Commerce SJC in collaboration with department of Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection, Nagaland, with the aim at educating students on consumer rights, legal metrology, and importance of informed consumerism for a progressive India. A

The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules, 2025 quietly unplugged every medical-device package from the empire of tape-measures, type-heights and width-to-height ratios that have governed ordinary consumer packs for the past fourteen years. The one-page notification brings to an end a regulatory tug-of-war that manufacturers, importers and even field inspectors had faced ever since the Medical Devices Rules, 2017 came into force under the Drugs and Cosmetics

"No person can be charged for an offence relating to weight or measure falling under Chapter XIII of IPC in view of the provisions of the Legal Metrology Act" – Allahabad High Court clarifying the legal interplay between the Indian Penal Code and the Legal Metrology Act, 2009. In an application filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking quashing of the charge sheet and summoning order in a fuel dispensing fraud case, the High Court partly allowed the appli

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A delegation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Jammu, led by its President Arun Gupta, today called on the Controller Legal...

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Officials addressing the awareness programme on consumer rights held at the VDB Hall in Wokha on June 9. A one-day awareness programme on...