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क्या हरयाणा की सरकारी बिजली वितरण कम्पनियाँ अपने ग्राहकों से नाज़ायज़ वसूली कर रही थी जब पूरा विश्व कोरोना महामारी से जूझ रहा था ? Deceiving Electricity Consumers in Haryana by Electricity Discoms viz DHBVN and UHBVN (PSUs) during Corona Pandemic (?)

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While Health Workers and Authorities in India were busy to cope with Corona Pandemic, the Electricity Discoms in Haryana seems to have been busy in deceiving the electricity consumers Blessings in Disguise  India like any other country in the world also faced pandemic due to Corona in most of the months of 2020-21. The Pandemic has not only affected industrial economy due to lockdown but citizens also got affected severely including due to their unemployment, salary cut, shopping industry coming to standstill.  While, on the one side, the stakeholders like Government Departments, Ministries, Regulatory Authorities, Health Departments/ Hospitals etc., were  struggling hard to bring out the citizens from  such worst situations, on the other side certain businesses were busy in treating such a pandemic as a blessings in disguise for their deceptive trade practices. The glaring example in the present studies is as to "whether the Electricity Discoms in Haryana were also...

Unfair business practices by major brand retailers like Shopperstop, Myntra, Jabong, Pantaloons, Lifestyle, Anita Dongre, Big Bazar Gen Nxt and others by Charging VAT/ GST on discounted sales

Unfair trade practices by retailers (Shopperstop, Myntra, Jabong, Lifestyle, Anita Dongre, Big Bazar Gen Nxt) and others - Charging VAT/ GST on discounted sales There have been several posts in this blog bringing out details of unfair business being carried out by the retailers. T he first of such an article titled Is Ritu Wears adapting to ethical business Practices? probably "No". was published on 09/02/2014 followed by another article titled  Why VAT being charged by Aditya Birla Nuvo on discounted MRP when MRP is inclusive of all taxes? which was published on 10/02/2014. The link to these two articles are: http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.in/2014/02/is-ritu-wears-adapting-to-ethical.html http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.in/2014/02/why-vat-being-charged-by-aditya-birla Thereafter I have been working on a drive bringing out such unethical business practices by the retailers using other social media too. The articles were being shared with the stakeholders a...

Are you also paying VAT on the discounted prices offered by retailers/ brands?

An article titled "Illegal charging of VAT on discounted prices by brands/retailers" was published on 2nd July 2014 in this blog, the link of which is http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.in/2014/07/illegal-charging-of-vat-on-discounted.html Now the Hon'able National Commission has adjudicated that the charging of VAT on the discounted prices is unfair business practices and amounts to overcharging. The brief of the judgement is as: The addition of VAT on discounted price amounts to overcharging and unfair trade practice National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, (NCDRC) New Delhi in Revision Petition No.3156 of 2016 of BENETTON INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED (Petitioner) V s. RAVINDER SINGH (Respondent/Complainant) upheld the order of the State Commission and District forum directing the BENETTON INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED to pay compensation of Rs.5000/- to the complainant besides Rs.1000/- against cost of litigation.   The respondent complainant on 11.07.2014 pu...