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Uber, Ola Get Notices Over iPhone, Android Differential Pricing Claims
The Department of Consumer Affairs has issued notices to major cab aggregators Ola and Uber over speculation of differential pricing, i.e., customers are quoted different taxi fares based on the make of the mobile phone - iPhone or Android - used.
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Rajasthan Government Employee Burnt To Death As Car Catches Fire: Cops
A 35-year-old employee of the Rajasthan Consumer Affairs department was burnt to death after the SUV he was driving caught fire here on Tuesday, police said.
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Government Issues Rules for Influencers, Up to Rs. 50 Lakh Penalty for Not Disclosing 'Material' Interest
The government has now made it mandatory for social media influencers to disclose their "material" interest in endorsing products and services and violations can attract strict legal action, including ban on endorsements. Launching these guidelines at a press conference, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said the guidelines have been iss...
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Right to Repair Online Portal, NTH Mobile App, More Announced by Piyush Goyal
Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday launched a host of new initiatives, including the right to repair portal and an NTH mobile app and opened new premises of National Consumer Helpline centre in the national capital.
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BIS Comes Out With Standards for USB Type-C Charging Port for Mobiles, Tablets
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has come out with quality standards for USB Type-C charging port, according to a senior consumer affairs ministry official. In the interest of consumers and to reduce e-waste, the Department of Consumer Affairs in consultations with the industry stakeholders is mulling mandating two types of common charging port...
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Government Drafts Framework to Restrict Fake Reviews on E-Commerce Websites
India launched a crack down on Monday against fake reviews and unverified ratings in a bid to make online interaction and e-commerce more authentic and less misleading for users. The government has drafted a framework for companies as well as travel sites or food delivery apps which depend on consumer reviews to validate products and services. Posi...
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Government Plans Right to Repair Framework to Facilitate Self, Third Party Repair of Products
The Department of Consumer Affairs said in a statement on Thursday that it has set up a committee to develop comprehensive framework on Right to Repair. The objective of the proposed framework will be to empower consumers, harmonise trade between the original equipment manufacturers and the third-party buyers and sellers, and reduction in e-waste.
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Consumer Affairs Ministry Says Will Develop Framework to Protect Online Consumers From Fake Reviews
Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) says will develop a framework to keep a check on fake reviews posted on e-commerce websites to protect consumer interest. It will develop these frameworks after studying the present mechanism being followed by the e-commerce entities in India and best practices available globally.
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Arvind Kejriwal's Ration-At-Doorstep Plan Hits Wall As Centre Writes Back
Arvind Kejriwal's ration-at-doorstep plan has hit a roadblock just days before its launch, with the centre saying subsidized foodgrain allotted to Delhi under the national Food Security Act cannot be used for this scheme. "The department will have no objection if a separate scheme is made by the (Delhi) government without mixing the elements of the...
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AAP Dares Ram Vilas Paswan To Independently Probe Delhi's Tap Water
Raising doubts over the report of a central agency on tap water in Delhi, senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh has dared Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan to engage an independent agency to test the water quality, claiming that the Jal Shakti ministry, another central government department, had endorsed the qua...
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Reliance Jio, Paytm Apologise for Using Prime Minister Modi's Photo in Ads
"Clarifications were sought by the Department of Consumer Affairs from Paytm and Reliance Jio wherein they have apologised for their inadvertent mistake."
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Non-Compliance of Direction: Delhi High Court Warns Babus of Contempt Action
The Delhi High Court has warned two senior officials of the city government of contempt action if its directions on renovating a district consumer forum at Shalimar Bagh and filling up staff vacancies there are not complied with.
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Jammu and Kashmir to Have E-Ration Cards Soon
Jammu and Kashmir will soon have e-ration cards as government has directed authorities of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department to take measures in this regard.
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Top Consumer Court Accepts Government's Rs 640-Crore Suit Against Maggi
The top consumer court today accepted the government's Rs 640-crore suit against Nestle for its alleged unfair trade practices pertaining to Maggi instant noodles and posted the next date of hearing for September 30.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Announces the Reformation of Agriculture Ministry
Seven decade-old Agriculture Ministry will be renamed as 'Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Ministry' with a view to take care of the farming community's needs as well as the personal problems faced by them, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today.
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Uber, Ola Get Notices Over iPhone, Android Differential Pricing Claims
The Department of Consumer Affairs has issued notices to major cab aggregators Ola and Uber over speculation of differential pricing, i.e., customers are quoted different taxi fares based on the make of the mobile phone - iPhone or Android - used.
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Rajasthan Government Employee Burnt To Death As Car Catches Fire: Cops
A 35-year-old employee of the Rajasthan Consumer Affairs department was burnt to death after the SUV he was driving caught fire here on Tuesday, police said.
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Government Issues Rules for Influencers, Up to Rs. 50 Lakh Penalty for Not Disclosing 'Material' Interest
The government has now made it mandatory for social media influencers to disclose their "material" interest in endorsing products and services and violations can attract strict legal action, including ban on endorsements. Launching these guidelines at a press conference, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said the guidelines have been iss...
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Right to Repair Online Portal, NTH Mobile App, More Announced by Piyush Goyal
Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday launched a host of new initiatives, including the right to repair portal and an NTH mobile app and opened new premises of National Consumer Helpline centre in the national capital.
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BIS Comes Out With Standards for USB Type-C Charging Port for Mobiles, Tablets
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has come out with quality standards for USB Type-C charging port, according to a senior consumer affairs ministry official. In the interest of consumers and to reduce e-waste, the Department of Consumer Affairs in consultations with the industry stakeholders is mulling mandating two types of common charging port...
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Government Drafts Framework to Restrict Fake Reviews on E-Commerce Websites
India launched a crack down on Monday against fake reviews and unverified ratings in a bid to make online interaction and e-commerce more authentic and less misleading for users. The government has drafted a framework for companies as well as travel sites or food delivery apps which depend on consumer reviews to validate products and services. Posi...
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Government Plans Right to Repair Framework to Facilitate Self, Third Party Repair of Products
The Department of Consumer Affairs said in a statement on Thursday that it has set up a committee to develop comprehensive framework on Right to Repair. The objective of the proposed framework will be to empower consumers, harmonise trade between the original equipment manufacturers and the third-party buyers and sellers, and reduction in e-waste.
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Consumer Affairs Ministry Says Will Develop Framework to Protect Online Consumers From Fake Reviews
Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) says will develop a framework to keep a check on fake reviews posted on e-commerce websites to protect consumer interest. It will develop these frameworks after studying the present mechanism being followed by the e-commerce entities in India and best practices available globally.
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Arvind Kejriwal's Ration-At-Doorstep Plan Hits Wall As Centre Writes Back
Arvind Kejriwal's ration-at-doorstep plan has hit a roadblock just days before its launch, with the centre saying subsidized foodgrain allotted to Delhi under the national Food Security Act cannot be used for this scheme. "The department will have no objection if a separate scheme is made by the (Delhi) government without mixing the elements of the...
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AAP Dares Ram Vilas Paswan To Independently Probe Delhi's Tap Water
Raising doubts over the report of a central agency on tap water in Delhi, senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh has dared Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan to engage an independent agency to test the water quality, claiming that the Jal Shakti ministry, another central government department, had endorsed the qua...
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Reliance Jio, Paytm Apologise for Using Prime Minister Modi's Photo in Ads
"Clarifications were sought by the Department of Consumer Affairs from Paytm and Reliance Jio wherein they have apologised for their inadvertent mistake."
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Non-Compliance of Direction: Delhi High Court Warns Babus of Contempt Action
The Delhi High Court has warned two senior officials of the city government of contempt action if its directions on renovating a district consumer forum at Shalimar Bagh and filling up staff vacancies there are not complied with.
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Jammu and Kashmir to Have E-Ration Cards Soon
Jammu and Kashmir will soon have e-ration cards as government has directed authorities of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department to take measures in this regard.
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Top Consumer Court Accepts Government's Rs 640-Crore Suit Against Maggi
The top consumer court today accepted the government's Rs 640-crore suit against Nestle for its alleged unfair trade practices pertaining to Maggi instant noodles and posted the next date of hearing for September 30.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Announces the Reformation of Agriculture Ministry
Seven decade-old Agriculture Ministry will be renamed as 'Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Ministry' with a view to take care of the farming community's needs as well as the personal problems faced by them, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today.
