Grahakjago (S.K.Virmani)©

Are you shopping at https://www.myntra.com/ ?  Have you ever checked your bill? It has come to the notice that www.myntra.com has been selling the products online by announcing the sales discount and sales discount has not become part and parcel of marketing activities. However, it is also adapting to unfair business practicse as surprisingly myntra.com seems to be flouting the regulations concerning MRP.  Maximum Retial Prices (MRP) are always inclusive of sales tax and all other charges and as per rules, no product can be sold at a price higher than MRP. It is seen that Myntra.com is charging VAT on the MRP without looking into the fact that the prices after the discount on MRP are also inclusive of VAT and other charges. This is illustrated as below from an invoice raised by myntra.com Invoice No. INV_1503073779_29 dtd. 17/05/2017 1. MRP:                    ...

Shri S.K. Virmani, Consumer Activist associated with Jago Grahak Jago movement have been raising voice against unfair business practices of banking industry. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is silent on such unfair business practices. Discussing on CNBC Awaaz Pahredar.  

I have brought an article titled  जब रेस्टोरेन्ट वाला सर्विस चार्ज बिल में लगाता है तो फिर आप टिप क्यों दें । in my blog on 13th December 2012. The link to the article is http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.in/2012/12/blog-post.html  An email was mailed to Hotel Association of India and Hospitality India to seek their views on 17/11/2014 followed by a reminder on 17/04/2015. Both have preferred not to respond with their views on the charges. Surprisingly the email ids stated on website of Hospitality India are wrong and was again mailed to email ids of other officials which again remained unresponsive. The content of the email is reproduced: " The hotel and restaurants apparently are not following a standard procedure to levy VAT, Service Charges and Service Taxes and the eaters generally get confused. We shall be grateful if you could abreast us with the nature of such charges and the rates at which these gets added into the bills. Please also state whether th...

Why VAT being charged by Aditya Birla Nuvo on discounted MRP when MRP is inclusive of all taxes? A copy of the e-mail sent to Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. on alleged unethical additional charging of VAT on the discounted price as the MRP is supposed to be inclusive of all taxes and any discount offered on MRP also becomes inclusive of VAT/taxes. " Dear Sir, We have been receiving complaints from the consumers who have been shopping at your outlets at Connaught Place, New Delhi and Chandigarh stating that the outlets are charging VAT extra on the discounted prices. As you would appreciate that the MRP are inclusive of all taxes and VAT and no additional amount of whatsoever nature is chargeable. When the off season discounts have been offered on MRP the discounted prices becomes discounted MRP and in our view no additional amount is chargeable. To explain with illustration if the MRP of any product say is Rs.2,000/- inclusive of all taxes and a sale discount has been me...