Smart India Hackathon 2026 · SIH26034

Every label,
under scrutiny.

LabelCheck scans a photo of any pre-packaged commodity — or a batch of them — and verifies all seven mandatory declarations required by Rule 6 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, with confidence scores, the exact statutory citation for every violation, and a shareable PDF report.

  • Batch up to 8 labels
  • Cited PDF report
  • Share link + QR
Rule 6(1)(a) · Manufacturer / Packer / ImporterRule 6(1)(b) · Common / Generic name of commodityRule 6(1)(c) · Net quantityRule 6(1)(d) · Month & year of manufacture / packingRule 6(1)(e) · Retail sale price (MRP, inclusive of all taxes)Rule 6(1)(f) · Consumer care detailsRule 6(1)(g) · Country of origin

The problem

Seven declarations. Crores of packages. Verified by eye.

Every pre-packaged commodity sold in India must carry seven mandatory declarations under Rule 6. Today an officer checks them one pack at a time, from memory, at roughly a pack a minute — and an entire e-commerce catalogue is effectively unchecked. The rules are not the bottleneck; the reading of them is.

Manual inspection

With LabelCheck

Time per pack
About a minute, by eye
About six seconds, end to end
Consistency
Varies by officer, and by hour
The same seven checks, every time
Legal citation
Recalled from memory
Sub-rule printed against each finding
Audit trail
A paper note, if any
Timestamped record, PDF and share link
Scale
One pack at a time
Eight per batch; an API for a catalogue

0

Mandatory declarations verified per scan

0s

Average time from photo to verdict

0×

Labels checked in one batch, one table

0%

Of checks traceable to a statutory citation

The legal spine

Seven checks, seven sub-rules.

Not features we invented. Each is a clause of Rule 6(1) of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 — and this list renders straight from the engine that runs the checks, so the page can never drift from the code.

How each rule is detected
  1. 1Rule 6(1)(a)Verdict-critical

    Manufacturer / Packer / Importer

    The name and complete address of the manufacturer, packer or importer must appear on the principal display panel. For imported goods, the importer's name and address is mandatory.

  2. 2Rule 6(1)(b)Verdict-critical

    Common / Generic name of commodity

    The common or generic name of the commodity contained in the package must be declared — a brand name alone is not sufficient.

  3. 3Rule 6(1)(c)Verdict-critical

    Net quantity

    Net quantity must be declared in standard units — gram (g), kilogram (kg), millilitre (ml), litre (L) — or by number (N/U) for countable articles, excluding the weight of the wrapper.

  4. 4Rule 6(1)(d)Verdict-critical

    Month & year of manufacture / packing

    The month and year in which the commodity was manufactured, pre-packed or imported must be declared. The day is optional; the month and year are not.

  5. 5Rule 6(1)(e)Verdict-critical

    Retail sale price (MRP, inclusive of all taxes)

    The retail sale price must be declared as 'Maximum Retail Price ₹ … inclusive of all taxes'. The price shown must be the all-inclusive price a consumer pays.

  6. 6Rule 6(1)(f)Verdict-critical

    Consumer care details

    The name, address, telephone number and e-mail address (where available) of the person who can be contacted for consumer complaints must be declared.

  7. 7Rule 6(1)(g)Reported · imports only

    Country of origin

    The country of origin or manufacture or assembly must be declared on the package. It is mandatory for imported packages and for goods offered for sale through e-commerce.

How it works

Three steps, no training required — designed for field inspectors, manufacturers and e-commerce compliance teams alike.

Step 1

Capture the label

Photograph or upload the principal display panel — one pack, or up to eight at once for a batch check. Works on any phone, in the field.

Step 2

Extract & analyse

A vision model transcribes every printed line; the rule engine pattern-matches each mandatory declaration.

Step 3

Get the verdict

A per-field checklist with confidence scores, extracted values and the exact legal citation for every violation — exportable as a cited PDF.

Designed to survive scrutiny

Compliance tooling is only useful if an inspector can defend its output. Every part of LabelCheck is transparent and correctable.

Multilingual

English and Hindi labels today, with Devanagari transcription. Regional scripts on the roadmap.

Fully auditable

Every report exposes the raw extracted text and a per-field confidence score. No black box.

Inspector-correctable

Any mis-read field can be corrected in place; the verdict recomputes instantly and the fix is saved.

Logged for audit

Every inspection lands in a searchable history with verdict, timestamp and the full per-field result set.

Who it is for

Three sides of the same rule

Rule 6 binds whoever packs, lists or inspects the commodity. The same engine serves all three, from the same photograph.

Legal Metrology officers

Check a pack in the field from a phone, cite the sub-rule on the spot, and walk away with a signed-off PDF for the inspection file.

Manufacturers & packers

Catch a missing declaration on the artwork proof rather than after a print run of a hundred thousand cartons.

E-commerce marketplaces

Pre-screen listing images before a product goes live, so non-compliant packaging never reaches the storefront.

Ask us anything

The hard questions, answered here

Including the one we cannot solve. We would rather name a limit than talk around it.

Every declaration carries its own confidence score, and the complete raw transcription is one click away on the report — it is auditable, not a black box. Any field can be corrected in place, and the verdict recalculates the moment you do. We would rather show an honest confidence figure than claim a fake 100%.

Built by

Team CodeCatalysts

Smart India Hackathon 2026 · Problem statement SIH26034 · Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

AG

Ansh Gupta

Team Leader

DA

Dasari Aarya Nandan

Member

AD

Archi Data

Member

AK

Akshaj Kumar

Member

BD

Bhumi Dwivedi

Member

ET

Eshan Thakur

Member

Check your first label now

Sign in with Google or e-mail, then upload one photo, a batch of eight, or run a built-in demo label.