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Can we complain to the GST department for increase in price of a restaurant food dishes due to implementation of GST, whereas it should not have been the case. If, yes how can we? What is the proce...

While the Government has focused on small restaurants about not forcing service charge, large chains like Taj Hotels, Royal Orchid, Club Mahindra are nicely charging it without showing any consider...

I was recently at one gathering and one of the water brand owner was there. I discussed how govt will soon end double pricing. He laughed and said just like coffee day has its own water brand spice...

I am receiving the UCC through SMS from telemarketers almost 2-3 SMS daily. Although I have registered my cellphone number in DND under fully blocked category. I have written to BSNL UP East rega...

Now that it has been mandated to link Aadhaar with mobile number , I happened to manage to escort a very senior citizen to the Airtel store at Sarat Bose Road , Kolkata. The store personnel had bee...

1. Search the Internet carefully When you are looking for product reviews or price comparisons on a search engine, you run the risk of unintentionally clicking on a ‘poisoned’ sear...

AS WELL AS SMUGGLING OF CRACKERS FROM CHINA : The attached is a news item that appeared after authorities have encountered with Chinese Crackers , * coming in the guise of Children...

Post GST, the situation is that the consumers have to pay Service Charges/GST on the income besides the I-Tax, and also pay a very high rate of GST on all the purchases. These are the basic reasons...

Are there some guidelines as to how the MRP of a particular product is fixed by the manufacturer? And is there a Government Authority to check whether the MRP is fixed as per the guidelines? There...