The officials of Telangana’s legal metrology department will carry out special checks across the state from today following complaints of GST being levied in addition to the MRP on packaged goods. Severe action will be initiated against levying of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in addition to the maximum retail price (MRP) and cases …
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October 26, 2017The government on Friday extended the deadline to sell pre-GST goods with stickers/stamps of revised rates upto December 31. The earlier deadline was September 30. The revision came after several requests from the industry and retailers to extend the deadline for some more time. The traders had feared huge losses — cumulatively running into thousands …
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September 29, 2017Following a controversy over a circular of the Railway Board issued last week, listing details to be printed on food packets/casseroles on trains, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has ordered even the MRP of all food items must be printed, an activist said here on Monday. The Railway Board’s circular had listed details like names of …
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September 25, 2017Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday asked manufacturers to print revised maximum retail price (MRP) along with the old one on their products after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) roll-out or face fine/jail sentence. Addressing a press conference here, Paswan said people are facing some trouble which will last for some …
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July 7, 2017Amid retailers still holding old inventory at pre-GST price, the Central government on Tuesday allowed them to sell “unsold stock” at new prices after putting a sticker of the revised maximum retail price (MRP) along with the existing price on the packages of products. Addressing a joint press conference on the GST with Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, …
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July 4, 2017Drugs price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) on Friday said that medical devices which are notified as drugs must carry maximum retail price (MRP) on the packs. The government has notified 22 medical devices as drugs under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945. According to NPPA, some of the …
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March 11, 2017The Delhi government has directed all liquor vends in the city to display rate charts reflecting changes in retail prices of various brands following complaints of overcharging. Although some liquor companies have increased prices of their products, rates of other brands have been untouched which led to confusion among consumers about changes in MRPs. “We …
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December 4, 2016