The Centre on Sunday announced amendments in the Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Rules, 2013, to strengthen India’s legal metrology ecosystem and expand the country’s verification infrastructure for weights and measures. It has added five new fuel dispensing systems under the GATC framework, which include CNG, LNG and hydrogen dispensers.
"A key feature of the amendment is the expansion of the scope of GATCs to include verification and re-verification of additional fuel dispensing systems," the Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said in a release.