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Radar speed guns must be verified

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Radar speed guns must be verified (GS2 · Governance, 18 April 2025)

What happened

  • DoCA notified rules requiring radar speed devices to be verified and stamped, from 1 July 2025 [PIB].

Background

  • Under Legal Metrology Rules [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Unverified speed guns can produce unfair fines.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance

  1. As per PIB (2025-04-18): doCA notified rules requiring radar speed devices to be verified and stamped, from 1 July 2025.
  2. Unverified speed guns can produce unfair fines.
Quotable data point

DoCA notified rules requiring radar speed devices to be verified and stamped, from 1 July 2025.

PIB: Radar speed rules, 18 Apr 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: none.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Effective date

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: Radar speed rules, 18 Apr 2025

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