The Government of India, through the Department of Consumer Affairs, has issued a public consultation notice dated 1 January 2026 inviting stakeholder comments on the draft Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Amendment Rules, 2026. The draft amendments propose expanding the scope of the existing 2013 Rules by including additional categories of weights and measures—specifically petrol/diesel, CNG, LPG, LNG, and hydrogen dispensers—within the list of instruments that can be verified and calibrated by Government Approved Test Centres. Corresponding verification fees per nozzle have also been proposed, ranging from ₹5,000 for petrol/diesel dispensers to ₹10,000 for gas and hydrogen dispensers. Stakeholders have been given one month to submit comments via designated email addresses. Once notified in the Official Gazette, the amended rules will come into force immediately. The proposal reflects the government’s intent to strengthen regulatory oversight, accuracy, and standardisation in fuel and energy dispensing systems.
I-30/1/2025-W&M
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES UNIT
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated: 01.01.2026
Subject: Draft Rules on the Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Amendment Rules, 2026 for comments from stakeholders – reg
I am directed to refer to the subject mentioned above and to state that the Draft Rules on the Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Amendment Rules, 2026 are placed in the website of the Department www.consumeraffairs.gov.in for seeking comments from all stakeholders within one month from the date of this notice.
2. The comments may be sent to Email-Id: dirwm-ca@nic.in / ashutosh.agarwal13@nic.in / mk.naik72@gov.in.
(Ashutosh Agarwal)
Director (Legal Metrology)
Phone: 01123389489 .
Email: dirwm-ca@nic.in
To:
All concerned
NOTE: In case of any discrepancy English version will be final.
[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)]
Government of India
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
(Department of Consumer Affairs)
Notification
New Delhi, the ……. 2026.
G.S.R…………. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (n), (o) and (p) of sub-section (2) of section 52 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (1 of 2010), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Rules, 2013, namely:-
1. (1) Short title and commencement.- These rules may be called the Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Amendment Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Rules, 2013 (hereinafter referred to the principal rules), in First Schedule after “18. Flow meters” the following weights & measures shall be inserted, namely:-
“19. Petrol/ diesel dispenser
20. CNG dispenser
21. LPG dispenser
22. LNG dispenser
23. Hydrogen dispenser”.”
3. In the principal rules, in Fifth Schedule after Sr. No. 18, the fees for following weights & measures shall be inserted, namely:-
| “SI. No. | Item | Verification fees (in Rs./ ) |
| 19. | Petrol/ diesel dispenser | Rs. 5,000.00 Each nozzle |
| 20. | CNG dispenser | Rs. 10,000.00 Each nozzle |
| 21. | LPG dispenser | Rs. 10,000.00 Each nozzle |
| 22. | LNG dispenser | Rs. 10,000.00 Each nozzle |
| 23. | Hydrogen dispenser | Rs. 10,000.00 Each nozzle” |
[F. No. I-30/1/2025-W&M]
(Anupam Mishra)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 593 (E), dated the 5th September, 2013 and was last amended vide number G.S.R. 779 (E), dated 23rd October, 2025.
