HUL ordered to pay Rs 50,000 after customer receives 70g instead of 90g Surf Excel pouchHindustan Unilever Limited faced liability for an underweight Surf Excel detergent pouch. A consumer had purchased a packet that was signif...
21 Jul, 2026, 12.30 PM IST
Centre eases metrology rules for first-time violators; says fix it first, face action laterUnder the Legal Metrology Act, businesses can address minor first-time procedural errors without incurring immediate penalties. The newly i...
29 Jun, 2026, 12.45 PM IST
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...
31 May, 2026, 08.12 PM IST
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...
24 May, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
Govt deploys advanced tech to monitor fuel stations nationwide: Parliamentary ReportThe government has implemented an advanced monitoring system for retail fuel outlets nationwide, leveraging technologies like OTP-based cal...
02 Dec, 2024, 04.27 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
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
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
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
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