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Piyush Goyal raises issue of public stockholding for food security, asks '
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI): Highlighting the issue of public stockholding for food security at World Trade Organization (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on T
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Govt directs e-Commerce FBOs to show breakup of all charges
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs on Monday said it has directed e-commerce food business operators to transparently show the breakup of all charges included in the order amount such as delivery, packaging, taxes and surge pricing on their products.
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Centre issues new guidelines for preventing misleading advertisements in I
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): With an objective to curb misleading advertisements and protect the consumers who may be exploited or affected by such advertisements, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) under the Department of Consumer Affairs has notified Guidelines for Pr
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Centre to soon come up with framework to check service charge levied by re
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) will soon come up with a robust framework to ensure strict compliance by the stakeholders with regard to service charge levied by restaurants and hotels as it adversely affects consumers on a daily basis.
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Govt to come up with robust framework on 'service charge' by restaurants
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs will soon come up with a robust framework to ensure strict compliance by the stakeholders with regard to "service charge" levied by restaurants and hotels as it adversely affects consumers on a daily basis, the Ministry of C
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Piyush Goyal lauds PM Modi for his commitment to welfare of poor
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Sunday lauded the government's commitment to the betterment of lives of the poor and the farmers and said that everyone has seen the governm
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Centre to develop framework to track fake reviews on e-commerce websites
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Centre will develop a framework to keep a check on fake reviews on e-commerce websites, said the Ministry of Consumer Affairs on Saturday.
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Fake reviews on e-Commerce platforms under Govt's radar
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Thursday said on Thursday it is keeping a close watch on fake reviews on e-Commerce platforms as it infringes on the rights of consumers.
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Govt caution restaurants on forced levy of 'service charges' on consumers
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Restaurants cannot force consumers to pay 'service charge' as it is a voluntary payment depending on the discretion of consumers, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Monday.
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CCPA issues notices to Ola, Uber for unfair trade practices
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), India's consumer protection regulator, on Friday said it has issued notices to cab aggregators Ola and Uber for violation of consumer rights and unfair trade practices.
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Wheat procurement operations in Punjab to continue till May 31
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Lal Chand Kataruchak has ordered the continuation of wheat procurement operations in 232 Mandis in the State till May 31.
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Centre allows Telangana to deposit 6.05 LMT of fortified parboiled rice wi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The central government has allowed Telangana to deposit 6.05 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of fortified parboiled rice with the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Saturday.
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