- There are several benefits of Legal Metrology as it provides safety and security to the interests of the consumer. Apart from this, the Legal Metrology act also takes care of the interests of their businesses and helps them to develop in the Indian legal metrology system.
- It helps the businesses to provide them the goodwill and ability which build the customers trust in the product and the trader.
- The legal Metrology act also helps manufacturers to gain the confidence of the consumer and to make their product and manufacturing unit more reliable and trustable in the Indian market.
- The Legal Metrology act builds in the measurement which is an important part of all societies and effective trade. It provides transparency and a balance of information in trust between the traders and the consumer. (Read also: What are the advantages of the Legal Metrology Act?)
- It helps in reducing disputes in transaction costs as a Manufacturer, trader and consumer dealing in the Indian market.
- It helps in detecting bad or unlawful measurement practices. It reduces the cost and it is less time-consuming for both businesses and consumers.
- It helps the consumer to take legal action against the traders who break measurement laws and can be equally costly.
- It helps when measurement evidence is fully supported by traceable measurements whenever the measurement can be traced back to the official source which ultimately reduces the cost and time in the court.
- Legal Metrology helps in reducing unfair commercial advantages or trade practices by ensuring that the trade measuring instruments are fit for their intended purpose and meet international standards as well.
- The legal Metrology department has various offices in all the states of the country. All the services are provided to the consumer and the consumer can easily file their complaint in case of any fraud or case of any chances of fraud done by the trader, manufacturer, or Packer of the commodity.
- The Legal Metrology officers also help the businesses by providing them with the LM license, and certificate for the smooth running of the business.
- The Asia Pacific Legal Metrology forum is a grouping of Legal Metrology authorities in Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation economies and other economies on the Pacific Rim. Whose object is to develop legal metrology and the promotion of free and open trade in the region through the harmonization and removal of technical and administrative barriers to trade in the field of legal metrology. (Read also: What is not allowed on the Declarations under Legal Metrology?)
- It helps in reducing online fraud which has been conducted more during the time of COVID as the consumer has increased the rate of shopping through online mode instead of going offline and purchasing it face to face which ultimately increases the fraud in the market.
- Various preventive measures have been taken by the department to reduce such fraud and being taken care of who the trader is dealing with. Also the act made it mandatory to declare the place of origin in case any product has been imported into India from any other country.
- The act ensures less fraudulent activity should take place in the Indian market to keep it more clean and more reliable as per the act and the rules laid down.
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