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Department of Consumer Affairs Amends Weighing Instrument Verification Rules

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New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Department of Consumer Affairs has amended the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011 to reduce the mandatory standard‑weight requirement for verification of high-capacity weighing instruments by introducing a scientific, repeatability-based verification approach, an official statement said on Monday.The move will cut compliance burden for industries, warehouses, logistics operators and weighbridge owners as well as lower transportation and handling costs to move la…