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Govt. of India informed about Alleged malpractices by M/s. Flipkart India Private Limited in misappropriating consumers money/ unethical business practices during Corona Pandemic

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Subsequent to the publishing of two articles in this blog on "Misappropriation of Consumers money- A scam by Flipkart (?) , the attention of the Department of Consumer Affairs, Govt of India has also been drawn on the subject for appropriate action through an email on 13/07/2020. A copy of the same is uploaded in this blog. The consumers whosoever have been facing issues with Flipkart may also write directly to the Department of Consumers Affairs on their email ids.  M/s Flipkart India Pvt Ltd is in the business of online selling of products through their website www.flipkart.com The products offered range from domestic items like garments, daily use items, groceries,  furniture items, electronic and electrical products, parts and accessories, and a lot many other categories of items, etc. etc. India like any other country in the world has been facing pandemic due to Corona Virus. Govt. of India had to declare lockdown across the country. The  essential services to the...

Misappropriation of consumers' money - A scam by Flipkart ? (Part 1)

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Flipkart Internet Private Ltd. started its operation in India as e-commerce market place in October, 2007 and as per information available on its website has 80 million products across 80+ categories. It further states having 100 million registered users, 8 million shipments per month, 100 thousands sellers and 21 state-of-the-art warehouses. Despite such an infrastructure as claimed by the company, the consumer complaints specially during Corona Pandemic have been suggesting that the company has been adapting to unethical business practices. Some of the facts as revealed in the analysis are shocking indicating misappropriation of consumer's money and the question arises as whether it is a financial scam? One can find several complaints/feedback/ adverse comments about unethical business practices of M/s. Flipkart in social media like Twitter, Facebook etc. Initially three cases were picked up for study and one thing has been commonly observed in all the three cases is that Fli...

Reliance Gas- What is the issue and is it a scam?

Reliance Gas- What is the issue and is it another scam? One of my professional friend Mr. Deepak Jain has studied the disclosures made by "Aam Admi Party (AAP)" about Shri Mukesh Ambani of Reliance. He has tried his best to make it simplified for a better understanding of the issue that arises out of disclosure by Shri Arvind Kejriwal. I have considered the issue to be important for all consumers as each of us are consumers and are affected badly and thus I am reproducing the same. रिलायंस का गैस घोटाला क्या है? ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★   लोग पूछ रहे है रिलायंस का गैस घोटाला क्या है?   ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★   सरल और आसन शब्दों में ये घोटाला इस प्रकार है।   ■कृष्णा गोदावरी बेसिन में गैस का कुआ है, उस कुए की गैस सरकार की यानी हम सब की है।   ■उस कुए से गैस निकालने का ठेका रिलायंस को मिला। रिलायंस ने खुद कहा की गैस निकलने का प्रति यूनिट खर्चा 1$ से भी कम है, और ठेका रिलायंस को मिल गया।   ■कुछ साल बाद रिलायंस कहती है की उसे पैसा गैस के अमेरिका और यूरोप ...