Question : VERIFICATION OF P.C.O. MACHINES



(a) whether the Government has received any proposal from the Government of Uttar Pradesh for verification of machines used for metering of telephone calls by PCOs;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the action taken by the Government thereon?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI T ASLIMUDDIN)

(a) & (b): Government of Uttar Pradesh had made a proposal for verification of Telephone PCO meters under the provisions of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act 1976.

(c): pca meters are not included in the Schedules to the Standards of Weights and Measures (General) Rules, 1987. As such, the provisions of the said Act do not extend to these instruments.