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Electricity is an essential part of daily life of every one. Consumers may not be aware of very high rate of tax being paid by them. There are two tax rate levied on electricity: 1. Elect...

We ' feel ' that we buy at cheaper rates at the Malls everywhere. However, they are looting us by means of parking charges and dearness / increased cost of food, clothing, apparels, house hold dome...

Today I went for shopping in Phoenix mall. They calculate the charge for parking from the time of entry into the premises to the time we reach the exit gate, irrespective of the fact that it t...

Many of the ATMs particlularly of Government owned banks such as SBI and KVB are faulty and problematic. The various problems encountered are as follows; - 7 out of 10 ATMs cannot dispense cas...

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The central government had made it mandatory to label all genetically modified foods sold in a packaged form from January 1, 2013. The scientific committee of the Food Safety and Standards Aut...

We have BIS standards relating to safety of toys but unless a safety certification for toys is made mandatory, such standards are futile. In a mystery shopping-testing survey by QCI, 70% of importe...

Hi what is your experience of recent purchases from E Commerce Site Amazon and Flipkart. Are they delivering as per their promises, as per me, they are not, they are very reluctant to its core cons...

In TOI 27 Oct 20 (page 5 mid way) there is a report announcing the introduction of ON LINE DISTRICT CONSUMER FOUM - www.edaakhil.nic.in. so...

I dont know who all is making money but the IPL ads are a disaster. Thumsup/Coke, Pan Masala, Condoms, Gambling and the list continues on and on. Why is the Consumer Affairs Ministry be...