New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Union Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said India has become the 13th country in the world authorised to issue OIML pattern approval certificates, a move that will strengthen the country’s global standing and support exports of weighing and measuring instruments.The minister made the announcement while addressing the World Metrology Day 2026 celebrations organised by the Department of Consumer Affairs to commemorate the 151st anniversary of the hist…
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New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) India’s evolving metrology ecosystem is strengthening fair trade, consumer protection, industrial quality, and global competitiveness by ensuring accurate weights and measures are used in business transactions, according to a government statement issued on Wednesday on World Metrology Day, observed every year on May 20. The Legal Metrology Act, 2009, anchors a modern regulatory structure in India that has evolved from ancient systems of weights and measures, it said. Leg…