India should remove provisions of jail term for labelling offences: EAC-PM working paperThe paper also suggested that the government may consider putting in place a system to assimilate all the statutory/regulatory mandates fro...
21 Sep, 2023, 08.02 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
Legal Metrology Act: What is it and how does it workIndia's Legal Metrology Act (LMA) 2009, a law governing weights, measures, and product labeling, has become a deterrent to business due to ...
15 May, 2023, 11.14 PM IST
Delhi: Now upload pics of products, bills via app for redressal of consumer grievancesDelhi residents can now use the "Maaptol Grievance" app to file complaints against shops or establishments that violate legal metrology reg...
02 Apr, 2023, 05.06 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 issues 63 show cause notices to makers, importers of weighing instrumentsIt has been observed that some manufacturers and importers of these instruments are selling the person weighing machines and kitchen scales...
30 Aug, 2022, 12.00 PM IST
States oppose Centre's move to decriminalise offences under Legal Metrology Act, says Piyush Goyal"We have a Legal Metrology Act. I myself was an entrepreneur 35 years ago and faced harassment due to the Act then which is being faced tod...
16 Mar, 2022, 12.16 AM IST
Govt to soon finalize proposal to decriminalize Legal Metrology Act: GoyalThe Legal Metrology Act 2009 enforces standards related to weights and measures.
24 Dec, 2021, 05.43 PM IST
Govt sends 183 notices to e-commerce firms in last one year for violating country of origin provisionsUnder the Legal Metrology Act 2009, in the case of imported products, it is mandatory to declare country of origin, on the digital and elec...
10 Aug, 2021, 04.57 PM IST
Govt raps Amazon, Flipkart over Country of Origin detailsSends notices asking companies to explain in 15 days why they shouldn't face action over missing information
17 Oct, 2020, 06.27 AM IST
Govt looking into overpricing of bottled water, packaged food"There are provisions in the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 to prevent charging above MRP," Paswan said.
02 Jul, 2019, 01.52 PM IST
Department of consumer affairs to file review petition against SC order on MRPThe Supreme Court in a recent order has allowed hotels and restaurants to sell pre packaged commodities above their MRP, arguing that they ...
23 Dec, 2017, 05.29 PM IST
Hotels can charge more for bottled water: Supreme CourtRestaurants cannot be told to sell pre-packaged products at just MRP as they render service while serving them, rules Supreme Court.
13 Dec, 2017, 01.37 AM IST
Government bans practice of dual MRP at airports, mallsAs per the order, which comes into force starting January 1, 2018, companies will not be allowed to charge a different price for water, sof...
06 Jul, 2017, 08.52 PM IST
Cases against Amazon, Flipkart for flouting packaging normsThese packages did not conform to the 'Package Commodity Rules, 2011,' the release said.
26 Oct, 2016, 09.46 PM IST
Raids on Aditya Birla, BK Birla firms; Rs 77 lakh yarn seizedGodowns of the Birla Group owned companies at Bhiwandi near here were raided by the officials of the Controller of Legal Metrology.
17 Nov, 2013, 02.51 AM IST