No-cost EMI, biggest discounts, bundled products: The catch in retailer discounts, salesWhile there are genuine discounts available during sales, more often than not, you will be lured by faux rebates and e-retailer strategies ...
Govt caps trade margin on oxygen concentrators at 70 pcIn an official release, the Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry said the decision has been taken in view of the extraordinary circumstances ...
Drug controller asks states to enforce maximum retail price for RemdesivirThe drug controller has said that the importer of the drug (Gilead pharma) took an import licence on 1st of June and is yet to supply the d...
State authorities told to check if companies passing on GST cut benefitsThe Centre has directed state metrology controllers to assist GST officers to cross-verify revised sales price (MRP) of pre -packaged commo...
Government allows companies to paste new MRP stickers till DecemberTo ensure GST cuts are passed on to consumers, Paswan had recently directed state legal metrology officers to check if companies are pastin...
European retailers IKEA, H&M, Decathlon seek exemption from MRP norms in IndiaIt is mandatory for MRP to be displayed on every packaged product, along with information about the manufacturer or importer, date of packa...
Government monitoring prices post GST, no supply disruptions yetGST unified 17 different levies including central excise, service tax and VAT and there were apprehensions of initial hiccups.
Amazon Prime Sale: Here's Top 5 deals of July 10If you have subscribed to Amazon Prime, here are top 10 deals that you can check out. Note that you can also subscribe to Amazon Prime now ...
Pre-GST stock receives government stamp of approvalManufacturers can sell old stock, under new MRP, by putting fresh sticker till September 30, Consumer Affairs secretary Avinash Srivastava ...
MRP, other info of products sold online mandatory from 2018The government said that the rules have been amended to enhance consumer protection, but at the same time balancing with the requirement of...
Government starts examining decontrolled P&K fertilisers pricingGovernment is examining the cost of production of P&K fertilisers from 2013 onwards to check whether the maximum retail price charged by th...
Milk to have a MRP says Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra FadnavisThe Maharashtra government believes that companies involved in the business are fixing prices arbitrarily and hence the state has decided t...
- No system to check if fertiliser prices are reasonable or not: Government
"There is at present no institutional mechanism under the NBS policy to determine the reasonableness of MRP fixed by fertiliser cos."
- CAG seeks changes in duty norms for medicines
Medicine samples supplied to doctors burned a hole in government’s tax revenues prompting the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Indi...
- Retail cartel pushing up MRPs of food items
Food prices are being manipulated behind the smokescreen of a poor monsoon, and it is the retailers who are determining the printed maximum...
- MRP of drug to include local tax: Paswan
From October two, the printed Maximum Retail Price on any drug would also include local tax and buyers would not have to pay any additional...
- Centre plans excise rejig for job work, textile, pharma to take hit
The Finance Ministry has zeroed in on a policy measure that could impact the bottomlines of textile and pharma biggies, but bolster the gov...