On the occasion of World Consumer Day, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs on 15th March 2024 launched a Price Monitoring Dashboard for 22 essential commodities in Mumbai.
- It will monitor wholesale and retail prices of these commodities through 550 price monitoring centers setup in 34 States and Union territories.
- The minister also issued the country’s first OIML (International Organization of Legal Metrology) pattern approval certificate to private weighing and measurement manufacturers, based in Navi Mumbai.
- India is the 13th country in the world to issue this authorisation. These authorisation is mandatory to export weighing and measurement instruments.
- International Organisation of Legal Metrology has authorised Ahmedabad based Regional Reference Standard Laboratory to issue these certificate.
OIML (International Organization of Legal Metrology)
- OIML is an Intergovernmental organization which was established in 1955. India became it’s member in 1956. It has 63 Member States and 64 Corresponding Members.
- India has now become authority for issuing internationally accepted OIML certificate for selling weights & measures anywhere in the world.
- To sell a weight or measure in the International market an OIML Pattern Approval certificate is mandatory, which Department of Consumer Affairs can issue now.
