SIH26034: Software System to check compliance of Packaged Commodities under Legal Metrolog — SIH 2026 | Wynit

SIH26034: Software System to check compliance of Packaged Commodities under Legal Metrolog — SIH 2026 | Wynit

What they'll ask you

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Generated from the brief's own wording and the competition's published rules, never from a guess about what this ministry prefers.

Exact font size measurement standards in pixels or millimeters?
The brief never answers this, so a panel will. Whatever you decide, say it the same way twice.
Specific database schema or backend infrastructure requirements?
The brief never answers this, so a panel will. Whatever you decide, say it the same way twice.
List of predefined error categories beyond what is mentioned?
The brief never answers this, so a panel will. Whatever you decide, say it the same way twice.

9 morethe ones a panel gets to if there is time

Has any part of this been shown at a previous event, hackathon or college project?
The guidelines are explicit: your solution must not have appeared in any previous event or programme, of any sort. A recycled project is what a team under time pressure reaches for.
The brief asks for image scanning and upload. How would you build that?
Decoded from SIH26034 itself: Allows users to upload or capture product images and packaging labels for analysis. The brief asks for it by name.
The brief asks for text extraction and validation. How would you build that?
Decoded from SIH26034 itself: Extracts mandatory declarations from labels and checks their completeness and correctness. The brief asks for it by name.
The brief asks for font and readability analysis. How would you build that?
Decoded from SIH26034 itself: Analyzes font sizes and readability to ensure they meet prescribed rules. The brief asks for it by name.
The brief asks for compliance report generator. How would you build that?
Decoded from SIH26034 itself: Generates digital compliance and violation reports in PDF and editable formats with supporting evidence. The brief asks for it by name.
The brief asks for enforcement dashboard. How would you build that?
Decoded from SIH26034 itself: Provides role-based access for officials to monitor inspections, view product history, and track violations. The brief asks for it by name.
Why not use what already exists? Name the closest thing to this that is already running.
A team that has not named the alternative themselves is answering this for the first time in the room.
Which single thing will you demonstrate end to end, start to finish, with nothing skipped?
Ours, not a rule: a narrow thing that fully works survives questioning better than a broad thing that half works. If nobody on the team can name it, that is the finding.
Show me this working: the jury will check if the software can accurately extract text from curved or varied package surfaces, correctly validate mandatory declarations against Legal Metrology rules, and generate reliable compliance reports with a functional dashboard.
This is the evaluator read for your problem statement, decoded from the brief's own wording.

The government's original description (429 words)

Background: Packaged commodities are widely sold through retail stores, supermarkets and e-commerce platforms across India. Under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 and the Legal Metrology(Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, every packaged commodity is required to bear mandatory declarations such as name and address of manufacturer/packer/importer, net quantity, Maximum Retail Price (MRP), month and year of manufacture/packing/import,consumer care details and other prescribed declarations in a specified format and manner.These declarations are important for ensuring transparency, fair trade practices and consumer protection. However, due to the large volume and variety of packaged products available in the market, manual inspection and compliance checking by enforcement agencies becomes time-consuming and resource intensive. Non-compliance such as missing declarations, incorrect font sizes, improper MRP declarations and other such practices are frequently observed.There is scope to develop a compliance checking system capable of scanning product labels,package images and product listings to identify violations under the Legal Metrology(Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. Accordingly, a software system capable of automatically detecting, extracting and validating mandatory declarations and identifying noncompliances in packaged commodities through image and label analysis can be developed. Description: Develop a software application capable of scanning packaged commodity labels, product images and product information to automatically assess compliance with the Legal Metrology(Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. The system should be capable of: • Scanning and analyzing images of packaged commodities. • Detecting mandatory declarations prescribed under Legal Metrology rules. • Checking correctness, completeness and placement of declarations. • Identifying missing or non-compliant declarations. • Checking readability and font size requirements. • Generating compliance reports and violation summaries. • Maintaining a repository of scanned products and compliance history. • Providing dashboards for enforcement officials. Expected Solution: The proposed solution should include: • User-friendly web and/or mobile-based software application. • Automated extraction and validation of mandatory declarations. • Rule-based compliance checking for Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. • Generation of digital compliance reports in PDF and editable formats. • Dashboard for monitoring inspections, violations and product compliance details. • Search and retrieval facility for previously scanned products and reports. • Technical documentation describing software architecture and deployment framework. Key Functional Requirements: • Image upload and product scanning functionality. • Extraction of declarations from labels and packaging and detection of mandatory declarations • Font size and readability analysis. • Detection of missing, misleading or non-standard declarations. • Generation of compliance/non-compliance reports. • Attachment of photographs and supporting evidence. • Repository of scanned products and inspection history. • Role-based user access and secure authentication. • Dashboard for monitoring compliance status and enforcement activities. • Export of reports to PDF and editable formats.