The judiciary has started going beyond the technicalities of the agreements and awarding compensation to buyers.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs to decide on a Planning Commission proposal to allocate a portion of power generated from Centrally-owned utilities for open access to large consumers.
The survey, titled 'Are You Being Sold?', focused on 14 multinational brands in IT hardware and software, as well as consumer electronic space across countries, including India, China, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia and Australia. The performance of sales staff was judged on the basis of the complete shopping experience, including a salesperson's response time, product knowledge and attempts to close a sale.
The development is significant for Nestle since arguments in the Bombay High Court over testing and sampling went in the company's favour, too.
Attorney General Mukul Rohtagi is representing the government.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notices to Kerala Government and Sports Authority of India (SAI) after a young female athlete committed suicide at the SAI hostel in Alapuzha on May 7.
The complaint is against Nestle's 'unfair trade practices'.
The ruling party received Rs 742 crore in 2018-19, a rise of 70 per cent from the previous year.
First phase of online video's growth is over. Netflix, Amazon developing new content ecosystem.
Rs 3,050-crore penalty on Airtel, Voda Idea gets nod. Final decision will be taken by DoT.
The Election Commission has rubbished any allegations of misuse of the EVMs.
'We have taken technology to the mandal and booth level.'
The Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee Act of a state regulates the purchase of agricultural products, such as cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables for that region. It hobbles farmers, imposing multiple levies on produce and disallows direct sales to private companies.
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The number of poor in the country declined to 27 crore (270 million) in 2011-12, from 40.74 crore in 2004-05, Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla said on Wednesday.
Reliance Energy Ltd said on Friday the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity has quashed an order of Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission that restricted the company from offering rebates to its retail consumers in the city.
As per the recommendations of the 2nd National Commission on Labour, the ministry is codifying existing 44 central labour laws into four codes by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalising the relevant provisions of the legislations.
The fifth round of talks was held on December 5, while the sixth round originally scheduled for December 9 was called off after an informal meeting of Home Minister Shah with some union leaders failed to reach any breakthrough.
When one part of the government comes out with a serious and objective piece on how the government itself has been responsible for creating food inflation, hopefully the government is more likely to take note.
The Dabhol power plant has seen power generation plunge in recent days on account of dwindling gas supplies.
According to the study commissioned by Microsoft Corp and conducted by IDC, although some computer users may actively seek pirated software in hopes of saving money, the chances of infection by unexpected malware are one in three for consumers and three in 10 for businesses.
Since August, petrol price has been cumulatively cut by Rs 9.36 per litre.
Consumer goods manufacturers, expecting to see a revival of demand from the nearly Rs 16,500 crore Pay Commission arrears for government employees, are likely to be disappointed.
Paytm plans to launch mutual funds, insurance and banking services and s also providing the option to transact offline with a physical debit card
Next phase of rise will unlikely be a combined exercise from the three oil marketing companies.
Sold in the US by Illinois-based Land of Nod, the baby dolls were manufactured in India by Noida-based Radiant Exports.
The original MRTP Act did not contain the phrase UTP; it was introduced in 1984 through an amendment. The phrase is open to interpretation yet, though the Supreme Court bench differed on its definition, the issue has not been sent to a larger bench.
The government has filed a lawsuit against Swiss food firm Nestle's Indian unit, seeking Rs 640 crore ($99 million) in damages on behalf of consumers after the country's worst packaged food scare in a decade.
There are various estimates of India's debt to GDP ratio, but the consensus is that that it would be over 80 per cent at the end of the current fiscal year.
The government on Wednesday asked consumer redressal courts to initiate "class action" and levy punitive damages on erring companies to safeguard the interest of consumers in an era of open economy.
Concealment of material facts on health and failure to give satisfactory explanation for long absence from duty can be reasonable grounds for a life insurance company to repudiate a policy claim, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has said.
While law-abiding customers are harassed for KYC and have to comply with endless paperwork even to open and close accounts, DHFL could easily open nearly 260,000 fake home-loan accounts, reveals Debashis Basu.
Study says the amount of net annual income needed for people to feel happy is $161,810.
Studies have shown that milk is the most common form of adulteration in India
Rejecting UTI's contention that there was no deficiency of service or negligence on its part, the court agreed with the District Consumer Forum rulings that UTI was bound to pay the amount to the unit-holders.
Nestle relaunched its instant noodles Maggi in the country after satisfying the conditions laid down by the High Court.
The IAS officer, who was posted for nearly 15 months in the sports and youth affairs department, headed by Minister Anil Vij, has been transferred over 45 times in his career so far.
It aims to attract $100 billion investment and create 4 million jobs in the sector by 2022.
The DA hike will take effect from July 1.
Kerala chief minister will inaugurate CIAL's green initiative.
Auto giant Bajaj Auto has landed in trouble for its "misleading and deceptive" advertisements as a consumer court has asked it to compensate a scooter owner who was lured into buying the vehicle due to the company's allegedly false claims on its mileage.Holding the auto-major guilty of causing "mental agony and harassment," Justice Kapoor directed the company to pay Rs 15,000 to New Delhi resident Karan Pal Singh, whose four-stroke scooter gave him an average of 34 km a litre
