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Is it possible to believe that MTNL, a PSU might have generated unethical business revenue of Rs. 74, 59,050/- from 1st April 2013 to 31st October 2014?

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I have been a subscriber of MTNL Dolphin mobile connection. The choice of having MTNL connection was basically that the PSUs operator cannot adapt to unfair trade practices. However my belief shattered for the first time when it came to the notice that BSNL was charging migration fee for migrating from one plan to another. As per regulation of TRAI (an authority in India to protect the interest of telecom consumers) the migration fee is not allowed to be charged. BSNL was violating the same which made me to believe that when it comes to the talk of unfair trade practices, PSUs are not lagging behind. BSNL was charging the same till December 2011. Surprisingly BSNL withdrawn such unethical charges being charged from consumers only after intervention of TRAI. Failed to understand why intervention of TRAI was required. Had it been charged inadvertently, the same would have been withdrawn immediately when it was brought to their notice. Coming back to the topic of MTNL (Mahanagar T

Do the real estate business lies in misleading the buyers?

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There have been many advertisements by Real Estate agents in the recent past. Some of the advertisement have been by Amrapali Group, Krishna Bhoomi, Shri Banke Bihari Kunj, Ansal API etc. All these advertisements have been stating the location of their sites from some prominent points stating as " ... minutes or hours drive" . The standard unit of measurement for the distances is meters or kms etc. Amrapalli Group: Their advertisement in The Times of India stated "Few minutes drive from existing Noida City Centre Metro Station"  Krishna Bhoomi: The advertisement appeared in Navbharat Times dtd. 16/11/2014. The advertisement does not indicate any address of corporate office as well as site offices. Shri Banke Bihari Kunj advt. appeared in Navbharat Times dtd. 16/11/2014 stating site as " 2 hours drive from Ashram Chowk, New Delhi" and "1 hour drive from Palwal" Ansal API advt appeared in Times of India dtd. 15/11/2014 stating di