Pariksha SaathiIndia hosts the 61st Meeting of the International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) in New Delhi, for the first time
India is hosting the 61st Meeting of the International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) in New Delhi from 26 to 28 October 2026, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said on 26 October 2026; it is the first time India is hosting this meeting of the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML). The programme began with an international seminar on 'Evolutions in Legal Metrology', followed by the first session of the meeting. CIML President Dr. Bobjoseph Mathew welcomed the delegates, and Anthony Donnellan, Director of the International Bureau of Legal Metrology (BIML), spoke on OIML's work, including the mutual acceptance of test results through the OIML Certification System (OIML-CS). Department of Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare referred to the Jan Vishwas reforms of 2023 and 2026, which introduced measures such as decriminalisation of specified offences, improvement notices and graded penalties; the expansion of Government Approved Test Centres (GATCs); the development of the e-Maap National Portal to provide integrated digital services in legal metrology; India's recognition as an OIML-CS Issuing Authority; and the National Time Dissemination Project 'One Nation, One Time', which aims to provide accurate, reliable and traceable Indian Standard Time across the country. The Department's presentation also covered the Regional Reference Standard Laboratories and the Indian Institute of Legal Metrology, Ranchi. An OIML Strategy Workshop is scheduled for 27 October, and on 28 October the delegates are to visit CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, which maintains India's national measurement standards.
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Learning context
The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) is an intergovernmental organisation established in 1955, and India became its member in 1956; OIML's headquarters is in Paris. On 14 September 2023 the Department of Consumer Affairs announced that India had become the 13th country in the world authorised to issue internationally accepted OIML certificates. The Department can now issue OIML Pattern Approval certificates, which other participating OIML members can accept as the basis for their national or regional type approvals, so domestic manufacturers can get their weighing and measuring instruments tested in India and sell them abroad; reports of Legal Metrology's Regional Reference Standards Laboratories (RRSLs) are accepted by OIML issuing authorities. The other countries in this group included Australia, Switzerland, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden and Slovakia.
Check yourself: when was OIML established, and in 2023 India became which country in the world to be authorised to issue OIML certificates?
In 1955 (India joined in 1956); the 13th country.
Revision task: from this release, note the meeting's number, dates and venue, who is the President of CIML, the reforms and initiatives the Secretary listed and where the Indian Institute of Legal Metrology is; from the note, when OIML was set up and India joined, where it is headquartered and when India became an OIML certificate-issuing country.
Test yourself
At the 61st Meeting of the International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML), hosted by India in New Delhi from 26 to 28 October 2026, the Department of Consumer Affairs' presentation covered the Indian Institute of Legal Metrology. Where is this institute located?
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Answer: Ranchi
The Department of Consumer Affairs' presentation at the 61st CIML Meeting covered Government Approved Test Centres, the e-Maap portal, the National Time Dissemination Project, the Regional Reference Standard Laboratories and the Indian Institute of Legal Metrology, Ranchi. India is hosting this meeting of the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) from 26 to 28 October 2026, for the first time.
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