The Legal Metrology Department received Skoch Award for 2018. Online services for smooth transactions, keeping check on malpractices of weights, selling goods more than MRP, department has taken steps to curb all the irregularities.
The Legal Metrology Department Medchal District Inspector Satyanarayana received the Skoch Award on Saturday; in 52nd Skoch Summit organized in Delhi.
The Legal Metrology Department focused mainly on fraud in weights, selling more than MRP. In the view of coming Khariff season after several complaints of malpractice of weights in Seeds and Fertilizers, Legal Metrology Department conducted special check on Seed and Fertilizer companies to ensure that farmers would not face loss.
That In recent checks on Shopping Malls, Multiplex, Seed and Fertilizer Companies more than 600 cases were booked and more than Rs. 12 crore worth of goods been seized.
The Controller for Legal Metrology Department Akun Sabharwal expressed happiness on receiving Skoch award and congratulated all the officials and staff.