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Department of Consumer Affairs invites you to join India's online consumer community. Via this community, you can share your consumer experiences, find guidance and raise consumer issues. This initiative is founded by Dept. of Consumer Affairs, Government of India and part of the multi pronged approach to enable the Indian Consumer's voice.

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Lockdown Relaxation: Restrict people, Permit Goods
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What is the issue Govt has on this. Why are they looking at relaxing things in districts with cases. There should be clear directive all districts with even 1 case after april 1 stays closed. Just ...

By Nikita Merchant

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Dont make airline bookings, they are clueless
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday warned airlines not to take booking for domestic or international flights until they recieve orders from the government. In a c...

By Sarita S

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Availability of Essentials
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Essentials availability is still a problem however things are better than last week of March. Can some mechanism be developed so every district has a report like this. It should be used to grade lo...

By Radha Puri

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Extra GST over Disocunted MRP
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Has anyone been charged GST over discounted MRP? For eg: If the MRP was INR 1000/- and a flat discount of 50% was offered, then on the discounted price of INR 500/-, were you charged extra GST? Was...

By DIKSHA JAIN

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Exorbitant electriricity bill by WBSEDC
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The consumer has already left USA on 15.1.2020 by switching off the main switch with written intimation to WBSEDCL office which was acknowledged by the office on 13.1.2020.But regularly exorbitant ...

By EYASIN MD

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Is Big Basket profiteering on essential commodities
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See attached screenshots. The Govt has said 100 rs for 200 ml sanitizer. If one sells more than that its profiteering. See attached to sell at Govt price big basket is showing...

By Sandhya Agarwal

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Kudos to localcircles
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I have been observing the good work done by localcircles in making information on essential goods availability accessible for consumers and decision makers from these circles. The report...

By Radheshyam Gupta

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Beaware of Standard Chartered Bank deposits.
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I have fixed deposits in Standard Chartered bank. Unlike other banks, once you have fixed deposits, you can't manually close. Either you have to approach the bank or raise service requests online. ...

By Pradeep Kamat

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Shouldnt loyalty programs refund money
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Programs for loyalty like bbstar and amazon prime and others are not servicing customers citing lockdown. Have tried getting amazon slot for 1 week doesnt work Shouldnt they ...

By Sarita Ravichandran

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Date extension to pay insurance premium
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If your date fell between Mar 22- April 14th you can now pay it by April 21. Attached notification

By Naina Mittal

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