The application of legal requirements to measurements and measuring equipment is known as legal metrology. It is a division governed under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in India and is a part of the Department of Consumer Affairs. This division became operational following the notification of the Legal Metrology Act of 2009 on January 31, 2011, and its implementation on April 1, 2011. Legal metrology’s goal is to provide the public with a guarantee about the security and precision of weights and measurements.

All those products which are being used in any kind of weights & measurements such as weighing scales, Infrared thermometer, Blood Pressure measurement machine, length measurement instruments, capacity measuring instruments, fuel dispenser, electronic scales & Tank Lorries etc. are considered as weight and measurement Products