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Centre asks states to ease compliance under legal metrology overhaulThe Centre is urging states and Union Territories to speed up legal metrology reforms. This includes moving from a licensing system to a re...
Govt expands scope of GATC, enables verification of CNG, LNG and hydrogen dispensersThe Centre has amended the Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Rules, 2013, to expand verification infrastructure for weights...
Govt aligns packaging rules for medical devices, eases compliance burdenAttention healthcare providers: New packaging regulations for medical devices have just come into effect! These amendments are designed to ...
No mandatory price change stickers on unsold goods made before Sept 22, says govtThe Ministry of Consumer Affairs has provided relief to manufacturers. Companies do not need to affix revised price stickers on pre-package...
Penalty for violations of rules on measurement, weights of store goods to be raised in DelhiThe Delhi government is set to increase penalties for using non-standard weights and measures, aiming to protect consumers and promote fair...
Govt frames draft rules for gas meters to protect consumersThe consumer affairs ministry has drafted new rules mandating testing, verification, and stamping of all gas meters before use in trade. Th...
Govt notifies new rules for traffic radar equipment verificationThe government has introduced new regulations requiring mandatory verification and stamping of traffic radar equipment to ensure accurate s...
Govt plans new rules to check vehicle speed, improve road safety; Here's how it will workThe government is finalising new rules to regulate radar equipment used in traffic speed enforcement. Under the Legal Metrology (General) R...
Deadline for comments on declaration on packaged commodities extended till Aug 30The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 make it mandatory to declare information like name and address of the manufacturer/ ...
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...
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...
200 notices issued to e-tailers during Jan-Nov for violation of 'country of origin' norm: CentreThe government has issued 200 notices to e-commerce players during the January-November period this year for violations of declaration of t...
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...
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
Government relaxes compliance with packaged commodities rulesThe government has also said that in the initial months of implementation of the said rules, there should be no prosecution for the shortco...
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 ...
MRP of stents, valves must now be declaredThe new rules also makes it mandatory for ecommerce firms to mention MRP of products, which is aimed at ending any ambiguity.
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...
Cases against Amazon, Flipkart for flouting packaging normsThese packages did not conform to the 'Package Commodity Rules, 2011,' the release said.
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.