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Current Affairs   |   29 August 2024 01:18:24

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF LEGAL METROLOGY (OILM) CERTIFICATE



INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF LEGAL METROLOGY (OILM) CERTIFICATE


India has become an OIML certificate-issuing authority. 


OIML-Certificate system is a system for issuing, registering, and using OIML certificates, and their associated test or reports for measuring instruments e.g., thermometers, clinical thermometers, etc. 


Significance: increase in exports, earning of foreign exchange, and generation of employment. 


OILM was Established in 1955 and headquartered in Paris. 


It develops model regulations, standards, and related documents for use by legal metrology authorities and industry. 


India became a member in 1956.