The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (MoCAF&PD), on January 07, 2026, issued the Legal Metrology (General) Amendment Rules, 2026, to further amend the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011.
The following has been stated namely:-
• In EIGHT SCHEDULE, for PART VII-A, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “PART VII- A:- NON-INVASIVE NON-AUTOMATED SPHYGMOMANOMETERS
• Scope.- This Part specifies general, performance, efficiency and mechanical safety requirements, including test methods for type approval, for non-invasive non-automated sphygmomanometers and their accessories which, by means of an inflatable cuff, are used for the non-invasive measurement of arterial blood pressure and it includes within the scope of this specification are non-invasive non-automated sphygmomanometers with a mechanical or integrated electro-mechanical pressure sensing element and display, used in conjunction with a stethoscope or other manual methods for detecting Korotkoff sounds and for cuff inflation.
• Terminology- Auscultatory method: method whereby sounds (known as Korotkoff sounds) are heard or detected (e.g. by a microphone) over an occluded artery as the occluding pressure is slowly released, the appearance of sounds coinciding with the systolic blood pressure and the disappearance of sounds with the diastolic blood pressure
Detailed notification is attached below.
[Notification No. G.S.R. 10(E)]
