Legal Metrology
Directorate of Legal Metrology under administrative control of Consumer Affairs Department, regulate the appropriate quantity and credibility of measurements.
Inspection, Verification and Stamping of Weights and Measures
1. Weighing instruments of medium, high accuracy classes and special accuracy class both mechanical and electronics, 2. Automatic Weighing Machine, 3. Totalizing Machine, 4. Volumetric Measuring Instruments, 5. Flow/ Bulk meters, 6. Automatic Rail Weighbridge, 7. Automatic Gravimetric Filling instruments.
West Bengal Legal Metrology (Enforcement) Rules, 2011
Every manufacturer or repairer of, or dealer in, weight or measure shall make an application for the issue of a license to the Controller of Legal Metrology.