Govt exempts mobile phone, smart watch, PoS machine from mandatory testing

Apr 30, 2022

New Delhi [India], April 30 : The government on Saturday said it has decided to exempt some consumer electronic products including mobile phones, servers,...

Garment industry given exemptions under Metrology rules to reduce compliance burden

Aug 25, 2022

New Delhi [India], August 25 : The government has amended the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 for ease of doing business and reducing...

Government eases compliance burden on industry while ensuring benefit of reduced GST for consumers

Sep 18, 2025

The Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, has issued a revised advisory in view of the revision of...

Kerala: Civil dept to deliver ration goods through auto rickshaw

Feb 13, 2023

"The scheme has been implemented without imposing any additional financial burden on the beneficiaries. The pilot project of this scheme was inaugurated by Advocate...

Centre asks states to speed up legal metrology reforms to ease business compliance

May 31, 2026

The Centre has asked states and Union Territories to expedite the implementation of legal metrology reforms, including the shift from a licensing regime to...

CIL's production during Apr-Dec jumps 16%

Jan 02, 2023

In many mineral industries, like coal industry, in open cast mines, coal can be extracted only after removing layers of soil, stone etc. This...