**Executive Summary**
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has issued the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Second Amendment Rules, 2026. This notification amends the 2011 rules to mandate specific digital filtering requirements for imported products sold online. The new regulations are scheduled to come into force on July 1, 2027.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Regulatory Framework**
* The rules are officially titled the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Second Amendment Rules, 2026.
* The amendment is exercised under the powers conferred by the Legal Metrology Act, 2009.
* This update specifically substitutes sub-rule (10A) of rule 6 in the original 2011 regulations.
**E-commerce Disclosure Requirements**
* Every e-commerce entity offering imported products for sale is required to update its product listings.
* Product listings for imported goods must include a "searchable" filter specifying the country of origin.
* Product listings for imported goods must include a "sortable" filter specifying the country of origin.
**Implementation Timeline**
* The notification was issued on April 27, 2026.
* The mandatory compliance date for these changes is July 1, 2027.
**Impact Analysis**
**E-commerce Entities**
**Impact**
Digital platforms selling imported goods are now legally required to provide enhanced transparency regarding the origin of their products through specific technical features.
**Action Required**
Entities must modify their website or application architectures to integrate searchable and sortable filters for the "country of origin" on all imported product listings before the July 1, 2027 deadline.
**Central Government / Department of Consumer Affairs**
**Impact**
The department establishes a clearer regulatory standard for electronic commerce disclosures under legal metrology laws.
**Action Required**
The department will need to monitor compliance and enforce the updated sub-rule (10A) once the amendment becomes effective in July 2027.
Key Entities Referenced
Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Second Amendment Rules, 2026: The specific amendment rules mandating e-commerce platforms to provide searchable and sortable filters for 'country of origin' on imported products.
Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011: The principal regulatory framework being amended, which governs the declarations required on packaged goods in India.
Department of Consumer Affairs: The primary regulatory department under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution responsible for issuing this notification.
Legal Metrology Act, 2009: The parent legislation providing the statutory authority for the Central Government to frame and amend rules related to packaged commodities.
रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-27042026-272105
xxxGIDHxxx
CG-DLxx-ExG-I2D7E0x4x2x0 26-272105
असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 288] िई दिल्ली, सोमर्ार, अप्रैल 27, 2026/र्िै ाख 7, 1948
No. 288] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2026/VAISAKHA 7, 1948
उपभोक्त ा मामल,े खाद्य और सार्िव जिक जर्तरण मत्रं ालय
(उपभोक्त ा मामल े जर्भाग)
अजधसचू िा
िई दिल्ली, 27 अप्रलै , 2026
सा.का.जि. 312(अ).— केन्द्रीय सरकार, जर्जधक मापजर्ज्ञाि अजधजियम, 2009 (2010 का 1) की धारा 52 की
उपधारा (2) के खंड (ञ) और (थ) द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, जर्जधक माप जर्ज्ञाि (पैकि में रखी र्स्ट्तुएं)
जियम, 2011 का और संिोधि करि े के जलए जिम्नजलजखत जियम बिाती है, अथावत ् :-
1. सजं िप्त िाम और प्रारंभ - (1) इि जियमों का संजिप्त िाम जर्जधक माप जर्ज्ञाि (पैकि म ें रखी र्स्ट्तुए)ं िसू रा संिोधि
जियम, 2026 ह।ै
(2) य े1 िुलाई 2027 को प्रर्ृत्त होंगे ।
2965 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
2. जर्जधक माप जर्ज्ञाि (पैकि में रखी र्स्ट्तुएं) जियम, 2011 के जियम 6 के उप जियम (10 क) के स्ट्थाि पर, जिम्नजलजखत
उप जियम रखा िाएगा, अथावत:् -
“(10 क) प्रत्येक ई- र्ाजणज्य इकाई, िो दकसी आयाजतत उत्पाि को जर्क्रय के जलए प्रस्ट्थाजपत करती ह,ै 1 िलु ाई,
2027 से यह सुजिजित करेगी दक ऐसे आयाजतत उत्पाि की उत्पाि सूची में उद्भर् के िेि को जर्जिर्िवष्टक करिे के
जलए खोि योग्य और श्रणे ी बद्धकरणीय द़िल्टर अंतर्र्वष्ट हो ।“।
[फा. स.ं I-9/5/2023- डब्लल्य ू एडं एम]
अिुपम जमश्रा, अपर सजचर्
टटप्पण: मूल जियम, भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खंड 3, उपखडं (i) में संख्या सा.का.जि. 202 (अ),
तारीख 7 माच,व 2011 द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए थ ेऔर अंजतम बार संख्या सा.का.जि. 128 (अ) तारीख 13 फरर्री,
2026 द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए थे।
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(Department of Consumer Affairs)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th April, 2026
G.S.R. 312(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clauses (j) and (q) 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 (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Second
Amendment Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 2027.
2. In the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, in rule 6 for sub-rule (10A), the following sub-rule
shall be substituted, namely:-
“(10A) Every e-commerce entity offering for sale any imported product shall, with effect from the 1st day of
July, 2027, ensure that the product listing of such imported product contains a searchable and sortable filter
specifying the country of origin.”.
[F. No. I-9/5/2023-W&M]
ANUPAM MISHRA, Addl. Secy.
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide
number G.S.R. 202 (E), dated the 7th March, 2011 and was last amended vide number G.S.R. 128(E), dated
13th February, 2026.
Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.