Government to launch legal metrology portal to ensure fair trade and consumer protection
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has said that the government is developing the National Legal Metrology Portal (eMaap) to ensure fair trade and consumer protection by streamlining processes for issuing licenses, conducting verifications and managing enforcement and compliance.
The eMaap will integrate State Legal Metrology Departments and their portals into a Unified National System for better enforcement and compliance. By creating a centralized database, eMaap eliminates the need for stakeholders to register on multiple State Portals, fostering ease of doing business and transparency in trade practices.
Presently, State Governments are using their own portals for the registration of packaged commodities, issuing licenses and verification/stamping of weighing & measuring instruments. However, the enforcement activities and compounding of offences, etc. are not online. Therefore, the Department of Consumer Affairs is integrating all the state portals into one as the National Legal Metrology Portal ‘eMaap’ which will include all functions of Legal Metrology including enforcement and help to get a unified database.
