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Recently, the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs announced that India has achieved the status of being an OIML certificate-issuing authority.

Facts About:

• OIML, short for the International Organisation of Legal Metrology, was established in 1955 as an international body.
• Its primary role is to develop model regulations, standards, and related documents that are used by legal metrology authorities and industry worldwide.
• OIML plays a vital part in aligning national laws and regulations concerning the accuracy of measuring instruments such as clinical thermometers, alcohol breath analyzers, radar speed measuring devices, ship tanks at ports, and petrol dispensing units.
• India joined the OIML in 1956 and simultaneously signed the metric convention.
• Headquartered in Paris, France.