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Gold hallmarking made mandatory to ensure consumers are not cheated, says
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday held a presser regarding mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts in India for which notification will be issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs providing a period of one year f
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Amidst surging onion prices, MMTC places fresh order for 4,000 tonnes
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Amidst surging onion prices, International trading company MMTC has placed another import order of four thousand tonnes of onion from Turkey which is expected to arrive in India by January in 2020.
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Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs briefs Cabinet Secretary on Onio
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 8 (ANI): The Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs Avinash Srivastava in a high-level meeting briefed the Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba about the current situation of availability and prices of Onions.
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Consumer Affairs secretary chairs meeting, several Indian missions request
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 6 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) through an inter-ministerial committee has advised the Union Government to act as a facilitator for onion imports to ease the process and ensure a quick and healthy supply from other countries.
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Inter-ministerial committee reviews prices, availability of onions, tomato
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs on Friday reviewed the prices and availability of onions and tomatoes through an inter-ministerial committee.
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Special group to monitor hoarding holds meeting
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): A special group constituted for monitoring cartelisation, hoarding and speculative trading with respect to essential food items has advised Chief Secretaries of the states to hold regular meetings with stakeholders especially during the festive season.
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Meeting held to decide definition of single-use plastic: Secretary, Consum
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 9 (ANI): AK Srivastava, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, on Monday said that a meeting was held to decide the definition of 'single-use plastic' so that the sellers and consumers can be made aware of the same.
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Retailers accused of levying GST over MRP
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): Consumers have been left in distress as a result of retailers charging Goods and Services Tax (GST) over and above the maximum retail price (MRP) of a commodity.
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Sellers on e-commerce portals not displaying MRP: Data
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 31 (ANI): The feedback received from a recent amongst consumers on the Centre's order to publish maximum retail price (MRP) on products, data revealed that most sellers on e-commerce sites have failed to comply with the norm, a day before the deadline (January 1). Read More
GST benefits not being passed to consumers despite appeals by central govt
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 22 (ANI): The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council in its 23rd meeting held on November 10 had announced that meals at restaurants, both air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned will now attract only five percent GST, which is much lower than 18 percent that had earlier
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Cabinet Committee approves utilisation part of stock of pulses in buffer
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved to utilise part of stock of pulses in the buffer maintained by the Department of Consumer Affairs, for meeting the protein component under various schemes
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Maharashtra: Supply of agricultural produce not to be disturbed during Diw
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 16 (ANI): Under the directive of Maharashtra government, the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) of Maharashtra will remain open during Diwali festival, invalidating reports that claimed APMCs of Nashik may close for a period of seven to ni
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