Reducing compliance burden: Govt looking at provisions of metrology and explosives rules"We are working on the Jan Viswas Bill 2.0. A working group of different ministries has been set up. We have formed smaller groups for indi...
06 Dec, 2023, 12.52 PM IST
Medical device packs will have to display key infoAll medical devices will have to bear details like retail price, country of origin, size and dimensions and consumer care details on the pa...
26 May, 2023, 12.50 AM IST
How India can become the global supplier for digital metrology and remote calibrationsWorld Metrology Day commemorates the 1875 signing of the Metre Convention, which established the International System of Units (SI), the mo...
20 May, 2023, 12.06 AM IST
AQI likely to improve from 'severe' category to 'very poor' category in next 3 days: IMDAccording to VK Soni, Scientist of the Indian Metrological Department (IMD), from Tuesday evening, following the temporary ban on plying of...
10 Jan, 2023, 08.34 PM IST
Medical device makers may be exempted from packaging rulesThe Department of Pharmaceuticals, which has reconstituted the National Medical Devices Promotion Council, will hold its first meeting on W...
14 Sep, 2022, 12.51 AM IST
Centre amends Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011"To safeguard interest of consumers, the Department of Consumer Affairs under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution ha...
08 Nov, 2021, 06.54 PM IST
Cyclone 'Tauktae': NDRF earmarks 53 teams for five statesOut of the 53 teams, he said, 24 have been pre-deployed or stationed on the ground while the rest are on stand-by. A single NDRF team compr...
14 May, 2021, 01.35 PM IST
BIS certifications: Government looks to ease compliance processThe workshop, which is being held at BIS headquarters, will focus on various aspects of standards formulations, conformity assessment proce...
02 Mar, 2021, 10.16 PM IST
Companies and e-commerce players need to display 'country of origin' on products: PaswanIn January 2018, the government amended the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 to add a new provision mandating declaration...
09 Jul, 2020, 07.14 PM IST
One product, one MRP: Government to disallow differential pricing at airports, malls and cinemasHigher prices for packaged goods at airports, malls to go. Medical devices have to display MRP. These rules will come into effect from Janu...
30 Jun, 2017, 09.58 AM IST
Cosmetics may soon sport red or green dots to indicate if products contain animal origin ingredientsSources said that women and child welfare minister and animal welfare activist Maneka Gandhi has been pushing for such signs on every item.
08 Jan, 2016, 12.31 PM IST
India gets 14% lower rainfall in June-September monsoon seasonThe country's rainfall was 14% lower than normal in the June-September monsoon season, provisional data showed on Wednesday.
01 Oct, 2015, 05.49 AM IST
MSRTC files plaint against HPCL, BPCL, IOC for short deliveryMaharastra State Road Transport Corporation has complained to state Legal Metrology Department, accusing HPCL, BPCL and IOC of 'short deliv...
25 Sep, 2015, 10.27 PM IST
Government asks companies to put brown dot on cosmetics with animal origin ingredients; IBHA opposesThe Indian Beauty and Hygiene Association (IBHA) has petitioned the Bombay High Court, contending that the rule is against the principles o...
12 Sep, 2014, 09.07 PM IST
Timely monsoon arrival leads to slump in power demandThe timely onset of monsoon in most parts of the country has led to a reduction in electricity demand by up to a fifth.
17 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Government plans legislation to standardise food packaging
The Centre is mulling bringing in a legislation to standardise packaging of food products, Consumer Affairs Minister K V Thomas said.
28 May, 2012, 10.03 PM IST
- handygo Technologies enters into partnership with RCom
Mobile value-added service provider handygo Technologies today entered into a partnership with Anil Ambani firm Reliance Communications.
28 Mar, 2011, 04.15 PM IST