India sets standard pack sizes for cooking oils to help shoppers compare pricesIndia has ordered cooking oil makers and importers to use only nine standard pack sizes. This move aims to help shoppers easily compare pri...
06 Jun, 2026, 06.21 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
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Restaurant charged Rs 55 for a Rs 20 water bottle; Chandigarh Consumer Commission orders Rs 3,000 compensation to dinerChandigarh State Consumer Commission ruled restaurants cannot charge more than MRP for pre-packaged items like water bottles. The commissio...
08 Jan, 2026, 05.38 PM IST
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/ ...
02 Aug, 2024, 08.15 PM IST
Government proposes new labelling rules for bulk pre-packaged goods; asks public commentsThe Consumer Affairs Ministry has proposed a change to the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, requiring key information to...
14 Jul, 2024, 05.41 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
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
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
Relief for FMCG after Centre relaxes packaging norms, lets companies use existing inventoryManufacturers will have to stamp or paste stickers declaring details of the correct month and year of manufacturing and packing, according ...
02 Nov, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
Government allows cos to use pre-printed packagingHowever, manufacturers of packaged commodities will have to stamp or put stickers declaring details of the correct month and year of manufa...
28 Apr, 2020, 12.13 AM IST
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...
14 Jun, 2018, 10.12 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
Government allows companies to paste new MRP stickers till DecemberTo ensure GST cuts are passed on to consumers, Paswan had recently directed state legal metrology officers to check if companies are pastin...
17 Nov, 2017, 07.50 PM IST
Restaurants knock at ministry's door on proposed differential pricing orderThe consumer affairs ministry said last month that the practice of differential pricing of similar packaged products would not be allowed s...
04 Jul, 2017, 12.33 AM IST
Packaged food rules made buyer-friendlyIt says that items that have breached the "use by" date should not be regarded as marketable, meaning these have to be discarded.
29 Jun, 2017, 12.35 PM IST
Government wants details on packaged food items visible and readableThe Consumer Affairs Ministry has held several round of discussions to amend the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 in the i...
22 Aug, 2016, 02.07 PM IST