Last Updated on January 5, 2024 by The Health Master
The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) has accredited 322 more labs in the past two months.
As of today, there are 8386 labs from the earlier figure of 8064 conformity assessment bodies (CABs) or labs in the month of February 2023 with support from the laboratories, proficiency testing (PT) providers, reference material producers (RMPs) and assessors.
NABL has also issued a list of 53 testing laboratories whose validity of accreditation has been extended for a month.
The list includes:
- Public Health Laboratory, Udaipur,
- Qualitek Labs Private Limited, Bhubaneswar,
- Public Health Laboratory, Jodhpur,
- C2 Laboratory, Jamnagar,
- Khunti Terminal Laboratory, Khunti,
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Khunti,
- Sungrace Engineering Consultants (Testing Division),
- Hubli, Pranvi Infra Projects and Quality Control Pvt. Ltd., Meerut,
- Aanchal Techno Solutions, Coimbatore,
- D N Laboratory, Panchkula,
- Atharva Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Noida,
- TUV India Private Limited,
- Electronics And Electrical Product Testing,
- Alpha Test House, S.A.S Nagar, Mohali,
- Kinectrics India Private Limited, Hyderabad,
- Shagya Testing and Research, Raigarh,
- Public Health Laboratory, Jammu,
- Vipras Corporation Ltd – Material Testing Division, Khopoli,
- Public Health Laboratory, Kota,
- Regional Public Analyst Laboratory, Shivpur Varanasi,
- Amrutha Engineering Laboratories Private Limited, Visakhapatnam,
- Bharat Test House Pvt. Ltd., Sonipat,
- Fire Research Laboratory ,
- Signum Fire Protection India Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur,
- Public Health Laboratory, Ajmer,
- Aerotech Inspection & NDT (India) Private Limited, Belur,
- Kiswok Industries Pvt. Ltd., West Bengal,
- State Public Health Laboratory, Nagaland,
- Testing Laboratory, Voltas Ltd., Waghodia,
- Daman Research & Testing Center, Daman,
- Apar Industries Ltd (Optical Fiber Cable Lab), Vapi,
- NIIRT- Centre for Calibration, Analysis and Testing, Panchkula,
- Environ Tech Laboratories, Mohali,
- Capital Consultancy Engineering Research Laboratory, Gandhinagar,
- Apar Industries Limited (Unit:- Uniflex Cables Lab Division), Umbergaon,
- Katcon Consultants Material Testing Laboratory, Belgaum,
- A to Z NDT Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Faridabad,
- District Laboratory, Gujarat Water Supply And Sewerage Board, Dahod,
- Public Health Laboratory, Banswara,
- TCRC Inspections Private Limited, Visakhapatanam,
- Accurate Laboratory, Ahmedabad
- V.K.P. Geotech, Coimbatore among others.
Maharashtra today leads in having the maximum number of 1,000 plus NABL accredited labs in the country. This is followed by:
- Gujarat,
- Tamil Nadu,
- Karnataka,
- Uttar Pradesh,
- West Bengal,
- Haryana,
- Telangana,
- Rajasthan,
- Kerala,
- Madhya Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh.
CAB is a body which includes testing including medical laboratory, calibration laboratory, proficiency testing provider, certified reference material producer.
NABL has been established with the objective to provide government, industry associations and industry in general with a scheme for third-party assessment of the quality and technical competence of testing and calibration laboratories.
NABL has also initiated region wise stakeholders meetings for accredited laboratories. The stakeholders can interact with the NABL officials and share their views for improvement of the system.
The Ministry of MSME has announced that units under MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification Scheme will be granted reimbursement of the testing charges if their products are tested in NABL accredited laboratories.
A new Portal to accept GATC (Government Approved Testing Center) applications has been developed by NABL and is LIVE. NABL Accredited Laboratories can submit applications online through this portal to NABL.
The laboratories shall undergo assessment by NABL and Legal Metrology Division and based on the outcome of the assessment, GATC Approval shall be given by the Legal Metrology Division, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India.
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