I recently looked at car tests in Indian newspapers. They generally used the Indian government officially sanctioned km/L (rather than the internationally accepted L/100 km) for fuel consumption – except it was reported as kpl. Needless to say, speeds were reported as kph, rather than the correct km/h.
India seems to use a strange mix of imperial and odd metric nomenclature and units. Knowing the extent of Indian bureaucracy, this is not going to be easy to change. John F-L From: Kilopascal Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 6:45 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: GAIL may become partner in TAPI gas pipeline project | Business Line Despite being a metric country, India may be the worst when it comes to using symbols correctly. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/article3505680.ece An interesting article in its use and non-use of metric. No dual units here and mostly metric with some strange unit symbols: The envisaged 1,080 km pipeline (144 km in Turkmenistan, 735 km in Afghanistan and 800 km in Pakistan) will have a capacity to transport 90 mscmd of gas 38 mscmd each for India and Pakistan and the remaining 14 mscmd for Afghanistan. What the blazes is mscmd? I'm only guessing but I think cm is cubic metres and maybe d is for day, which I think they are trying to imply cubic metres per day. This is why it is so important to use agreed international symbols and not make up any of your own. India also wanted the Turkmenistan gas price to be more attractive than the current long-term contract price. Rough estimates show that the Turkmenistan gas may cost around $13/mBtu. BTU? Why this and not joules? No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3408 / Virus Database: 3222/6665 - Release Date: 09/14/13
