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A Standardisation committee was set up in the Ministry of Defence in the year 1958 with scientific advisor as its Chairman. A Secretariat was also created under the overall charge of the Chief Controller, R & D to provide secretarial support to the Standardisation Committee. In the year 1959, Defence Equipment Cataloguing Committee was formed and a Defence Cataloguing Authority (DCA) was set up to provide secretariat cover to it. The Defence Cataloguing Authority was created under the Director General of Inspection (DGI). A full-fledged Directorate of Standardisation was established in 1962, under a whole time Director. In 1965, DCA was merged with this Directorate and the Directorate was placed under the direct control of Department of Defence Production. In 1972, a Metrication Cell was also added to the Directorate. A Technical Information Centre (TIC) was also set up in the same year. In 1977, a pilot project for introduction of Electronic Data Processing System in Defence..

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