It's the same old phone with a new name & fatter price tagSmartphone companies are renaming old budget phones and increasing prices. This is due to rising component costs and currency fluctuations....
20 May, 2026, 12.46 AM IST
Petrol, diesel price hike impact: From milk, onions, Blinkit deliveries to Uber fares & others, here's all that may get costlierPetrol, diesel price hike impact: Centre’s Rs 3 per litre hike in petrol and diesel prices may not feel massive immediately, but its ripple...
15 May, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
Roche brings 7-minute lung cancer shot to IndiaRoche Pharma India introduces a new injectable immunotherapy for lung cancer. This treatment takes only seven minutes, a significant reduct...
15 May, 2026, 07.43 AM IST
Restaurant charged Rs 55 for a Rs 20 water bottle; Chandigarh Consumer Commission orders Rs 3,000 compensation to dinerChandigarh State Consumer Commission ruled restaurants cannot charge more than MRP for pre-packaged items like water bottles. The commissio...
08 Jan, 2026, 05.38 PM IST
Liquor in Delhi selling at discounted rates, some below MRP following the new excise policyLiquor vendors in the national capital are offering discounts ranging 30-40% on Indian and imported brands following the implementation of ...
07 Feb, 2022, 12.18 PM IST
Huge mark-ups, even on PPE, send private hospitals bills soaringWith many patients being admitted for 10-15 days, the costs add up and bills of Rs 4 lakh to Rs 16 lakh have grabbed headlines. Common inve...
06 May, 2020, 11.05 AM IST
Rein in MRP or government will, syringe makers toldThe NPPA had issued notice to the hospital following allegations of over-charging by the parents of the girl who died after leaving the hos...
21 Dec, 2017, 10.26 AM IST
GoM suggests making GST inclusion in MRP mandatoryThis rule must be applicable to establishments like restaurants, eateries and malls that sell packaged goods such as bottled beverages whic...
30 Oct, 2017, 03.49 PM IST
Errant sellers use loopholes, ask for cash to evade GSTNarendra Modi has said that GST is the tool to put an end to the system of kuchcha-pucca bills. But the system hasn’t delivered just yet.
21 Oct, 2017, 10.31 AM IST
One product, one MRP: Government to disallow differential pricing at airports, malls and cinemasHigher prices for packaged goods at airports, malls to go. Medical devices have to display MRP. These rules will come into effect from Janu...
30 Jun, 2017, 09.58 AM IST
Ram Vilas Paswan rules out separate law to regulate MRP of packed itemsMRP of products is fixed by private firms. But there have been complaints of charging more than MRP and declaring dual MRP.
18 Mar, 2017, 04.17 PM IST
Government seeks reply from packaged water companies over different MRPsPaswan had said that sale of packaged water and soft drinks above MRP, including at airports, multiplexes and hotels -- would attract strin...
06 Mar, 2017, 08.06 PM IST
At some Coca-Cola exclusive stores, a can of Coke worth Rs 30 costs Rs 100All the prices are printed on the cans. Insiders said restaurants are charging a mark-up of over Rs 50 on the cans to take advantage of pea...
14 Jun, 2016, 05.43 PM IST
Smokers cough up more than MRPUnlike most products that face excise duties, this is one item where prices start moving up even before a formal announcement is made in th...
29 Jul, 2014, 11.45 AM IST
Coca-Cola's advertising blitz on MRP may irk retailersTop beverages maker Coca-Cola has launched an unusual and high-decibel advertising blitz telling consumers not to pay more than the price p...
28 May, 2014, 12.41 PM IST
- Different excise duty slabs will hurt growth momentum: FICCI
Apex chamber FICCI has said different slabs of excise tax rates imposed by government in the Budget would hurt the growth momentum of the s...
18 Apr, 2007, 09.50 PM IST
- Food court vendors stock unbranded products to cut costs
Vendors in malls with food courts are stocking up unbranded products in order to charge huge profit margins and circumvent the MRP pricing ...
20 Sep, 2006, 02.56 AM IST