Metrology Current Affairs, GK & News
Decriminalization of Legal Metrology Act
Speaking at the National Workshop on the Legal Metrology Act, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution urged state governments to support the decriminalization of the Legal Metrology Act. What is legal metrology? It is regulation and standardization of methodology of weighments and measurements. What is the aim of the National Workshop ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Consumer Affairs Ministry • Food and Consumer Affairs ministry • Legal Metrology rules • Metrology • Piyush Goyal
Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 amended – Update (December, 2021)
The Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey recently replied to question in Lok Sabha that the Government of India has amended the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. This was done to protect the interests of the consumers in the country. What are the amendments made? The unit sale price of the commodity should compulsorily be ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 • Legal Metrology rules • Metrology • World Metrology Day
National Metrology Conclave
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to deliver an inaugural address at the National Metrology Conclave on January 4, 2021. What is the theme of National Metrology Conclave 2021? Metrology for the Inclusive Growth of the Nation. Who is organising the National Metrology Conclave? The National Metrology Conclave is organised by the Council of scientific ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Events Current Affairs • Important Days & Events Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Indian Standard Time • Metrology • national metrology conclave • PM Modi
2019 edition of World Metrology Day (WMD)
The World Metrology Day (WMD) is observed every year on May 20 to commemorate anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875. The treaty provides the basis for a coherent measurement system worldwide that underpins scientific discovery and innovation, industrial manufacturing and international trade, as well as the improvement of the quality of ..
Topics: International System of Units • Law by country • Measurement • Metre • Metric system • Metrology • Politics • Redefinition of the SI base units • SI derived units • System of measurement • Unit of measurement • World Metrology Day
Kilogram (WATT Balance)
International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) had decided that the kilogram will no longer be pegged to this cylinder made of 90% platinum and 10% iridium. Background In the last 60 years, several standard units — the second, metre, ampere, Kelvin, mole, candela and, the kilogram — have all ceased to be defined by ..
Topics: Force • International System of Units • Kibble balance • Kilogram • Law by country • Mass • Measurement • Measuring instruments • Metrology • Planck constant • Politics • Units of mass