Lok Sabha Question No. 4452 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: NABL
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Vincent H Pala

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4452. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 30 TH  MARCH, 2022.

## NABL

## 4452.  SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

## Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the  number  of  National  Accreditation  Board  for  Testing  and  Calibration Laboratories (NABL) approved laboratories that are operating in India, Statewise;
- (b) whether the Ministry is aware of any private labs operating in States without NABL Certification; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  including  the  action  taken  against  such laboratories?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a): The   details   of    NABL   accredited Testing   and Calibration Laboratories are placed at Annexure.
- (b) & (c): It  is  not  mandatory  for  labs  to  get  NABL  accreditation.  There  are  a number  of testing and calibration laboratories which are not accredited by NABL.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4452 FOR ANSWER ON 30.03.2022. STATE WISE NUMBER OF NABL ACCREDITED TESTING AND CALIBRATION

## LABORATORIES:

| S.No.   | State Name        |   Testing |   Calibration |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|---------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |       104 |            10 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |         0 |             0 |
| 3       | Assam             |        32 |             4 |
| 4       | Bihar             |        33 |             0 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |        56 |             3 |
| 6       | Goa               |        18 |             8 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |       532 |           109 |
| 8       | Haryana           |       213 |            60 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |        47 |             5 |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   |        16 |             0 |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |        55 |             9 |
| 12      | Karnataka         |       266 |            99 |
| 13      | Kerala            |        89 |            16 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |       162 |            17 |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |       587 |           242 |
| 16      | Manipur           |        11 |             0 |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |         1 |             0 |
| 18      | Mizoram           |         1 |             0 |
| 19      | Nagaland          |         2 |             0 |
| 20      | Odisha            |       108 |             5 |
| 21      | Punjab            |        88 |            14 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |       173 |            21 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |         0 |             0 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |       325 |           119 |
| 25      | Telangana         |       174 |            42 |
| 26      | Tripura           |         3 |             0 |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     |       251 |            53 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       |        66 |            12 |
| 29      | West Bengal       |       156 |            24 |
| 30      | A.& N.Islands     |         1 |             0 |
| 31      | Chandigarh        |         4 |             1 |
| 32      | D.& N.Haveli      |        23 |             4 |
| 33      | Daman & Diu       |         3 |             0 |
| 34      | Delhi             |       109 |            37 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       |         0 |             0 |
| 36      | Puducherry        |         6 |             3 |
|         | Grand Total       |      3715 |           917 |

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