New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The Centre’s Department of Consumer Affairs held a meeting with the northern states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and the Union Territories (UTs) of Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh to review the implementation of reforms introduced under the Legal Metrology Act, according to an official statement issued on Sunday. The Department reviewed the implementation of the newly introduced “Improvement Notice” mechanism under the Jan V…
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New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The Centre’s Department of Consumer Affairs held a meeting with the southern states including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the Union Territory of Puducherry, to review implementation of reforms introduced under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 through the, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.The meeting focused on implementation of the new registration-based framework, decriminalisation of minor procedural offenc…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) In a bid to improve efficiency and support the growing adoption of cleaner fuels across the country, the government on Sunday said it has amended the Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Rules, 2013, to further strengthen India’s legal metrology ecosystem and expand the country’s verification infrastructure for weights and measures.A key feature of the amendment is the expansion of the scope of government-approved test centres (GATCs) to include verifica…
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…
Jaipur, May 18 (IANS) All petrol pumps in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district were shut indefinitely from Monday after the Bhilwara Petroleum Dealer Society called a strike, protesting alleged “unethical” inspection practices and objectionable social media remarks targeting pump owners.The decision was taken during a meeting of the Society held on Sunday. According to Society Secretary Ashok Kumar Mundra, the sale of petrol and diesel at all fuel stations in the district was suspended from 9 a.m…