It's come under the international system of unit.Approved as S.I. the modern form of unit.It compresses the system of unit of measurement built around 7 base unit. the standard published in 1960 as based on c.m,Kg.,second meter system. etc.
I.S. used by major professions and cod organisations.To measure the length, height and depth we use the metric unit scale.
World standard for measurement follows Metric system. The standards are defined by International System of Units in which you can identify a standard metre scale.
For details : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units
Only seal of measurement department is proof of standard measurment. But in Indian more over person are not using standard measurement tools. here people use piece of stone or some iron piece to weight.
The metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement that was originally based on the mètre des archives and the kilogramme des archives introduced by France in 1799.