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Retailers accused of levying GST over MRP
Updated : 8 years, 3 months 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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Citizens urge reduction of GST on sanitary napkins
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The 12 percent taxation chargeable on sanitary napkins has faced a backlash from citizens, as they feel a key sanitary need should not be included in such a high tax bracket.
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Citizens laud agri-oriented Budget 2018-19
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 3 (ANI): As the Union Budget 2018-19 saw greater allocation towards agriculture and rural sector upliftment, citizens lauded the government for their initiatives to strengthen the backbone of the Indian economy by making agriculture and rural sector top priority in the
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Citizens for agriculture-oriented Union Budget
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): With the Union Budget for this year to be presented in ten days, citizens as part of a survey recommended that the government's top priority be agriculture, followed by infrastructure, education, and healthcare.
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Consumers yet to see reduced MRP stickers post GST rate cut
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): In the wake of recent reports that the benefit of GST rate cut is not being passed to the consumers, results from a survey revealed that majority of the consumers agreed that the retailers have not decreased prices and they did not find any reduced MRP s
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Citizens hesitant to link Aadhaar details with e-commerce, digital wallets
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): In the wake of recent reports on Aadhaar data breach by various sources, results from a survey revealed that a majority of the respondents were uncomfortable in using their Aadhaar accounts to access e-commerce accounts or digital wallets.
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GST benefits not being passed to consumers despite appeals by central govt
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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Demonetisation effective to scrutinise accounts used for black money trans
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 8 (ANI): As the nation marks the completion of one year of the Centre's demonetisation drive, citizens have revealed that while the notion had a drastic impact on the economy in terms of shortage of currency, some believe that the exercise has led to an audit trail whi
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Chewable tobacco easily available in spite of SC ban, says survey
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): In lieu of World Tobacco Day being observed on Wednesday, citizen engagement platform LocalCircles' set of surveys revealed that out of the 10,143 responses, 86 percent said chewable tobacco is easily available, in spite of a ban being imposed on it by t
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Maternity bill will impact hiring of women: Survey
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 29 (ANI): Citizen engagement platform LocalCircles conducted a poll regarding the impact of the Maternity Bill on employment figures among women in SMEs and Startups. The poll registered more than 4300 startups, SMEs and entrepreneurs as participants.
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Over 80 percent citizens urge strict action against online abuse: Survey
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 5 (ANI): In the wake of the recent string of trolls that have surfaced, citizen engagement platform LocalCircles conducted a survey on making social media more responsible in India
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MRP should be published on all medical devices, reveals survey
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 25 (ANI): According to a survey conducted by online citizen-engaging platform LocalCircles, over 90 percent participants have stated that the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of medical instruments, particularly stents and orthopaedic implants, should be printed on the devi
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