THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

Government to seek cabinet approval for the merger of CRWC with CWC

The government will soon seek cabinet approval for the merger of Central Railside Warehouse Company (CRWC) Limited with Central Warehousing...

Amazon fined for not displaying mandatory information about products

​​ Last month, the consumer affairs ministry had issued notices to e-commerce majors Flipkart and Amazon for not displaying such informatio...

Finance Minister to unveil another stimulus soon, says Economic Affairs Secretary

"We are actually discussing that. It is difficult for me to commit a date but we have received a lot of requests and comments from various ...

Relief for FMCG after Centre relaxes packaging norms, lets companies use existing inventory

Manufacturers will have to stamp or paste stickers declaring details of the correct month and year of manufacturing and packing, according ...

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) likely to be attached with department of commerce

The commerce ministry argues that since BIS is related to framing quality standards for goods services and items which broadly deal with co...

Consumer affairs minister Danve seeks BIS DG’s reply on transfer of scientists overlooking rules

Tiwari, as per official information accessed by ET, has been directed to furnish to the minister’s office by Monday “a detailed note along ...

Centre offers buffer stock onion to states/UTs to check rising prices: Consumer Affairs Secy

As per data maintained by the Consumer Affairs Ministry, retail onion prices in Mumbai were ruling at Rs 86/kg, Chennai at Rs 83/kg, Kolkat...

Direct selling should be governed by commerce ministry: CAIT to Piyush Goyal

In a letter to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said, "We are of the considered o...

Piyush Goyal gets additional charge of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution ministry

A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique on Friday said President Ram Nath Kovind, on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, directed that Goya...

Ads shouldn't communicate any discrimination as a result of skin colour: Ashwini Choubey in Rajya Sabha

In a written reply, Choubey said ASCI is using self-regulatory guidelines according to which advertising should not communicate any discrim...

No proposal to make India the export hub of Apple products: Piyush Goyal

In a separate reply, he said that in the last six financial years (2014-20), India has received foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow wort...

Government releases draft guidelines on advertising; to treat non-legible disclaimers as misleading ads

Celebrity endorsements through personal tweets, blogs, posts and other testimonials should be based on adequate information about or experi...

E-commerce industry seeks 6-7 months to comply with consumer protection rules

E-commerce industry associations have sought more time - at least 6-7 months to comply with the new consumer protection rules, including on...

Etail user protection law will apply to online services like Ola, MMT and IndiGo also

The rules were only believed to be regulating large e-commerce marketplaces such as Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal and single-brand e-commerce ...

Government notifies new rules for e-commerce entities: Here's what changed

According to the new rules, the e-commerce players will have to display the total price of goods and services offered for sale along with a...

Consumer affairs ministry orders companies to strictly follow labelling norms

These details, along with the address of manufacturer and importer, common generic name and consumer-care information, must be written legi...

Companies and e-commerce players need to display 'country of origin' on products: Paswan

In January 2018, the government amended the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 to add a new provision mandating declaration...