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A number of complaints from consumers have been received that hotels and restaurants are following the practice of charging 'service charge' in the range of 5-20%, in lieu of tips, which a consumer is forced to pay irrespective of the kind of service provided to him. The Consumer Protection Act

Promoting digital payment options is an integral part of Government’s overall strategy to weed out black money and corruption from public life. NITI Aayog has been tasked to undertake a comprehensive campaign on advocacy, awareness and co-ordinate handholding efforts among general public, micro

Crowdfunding, which started in India a few years ago -- a process in which people seek funds in small amounts for their start-ups and projects from a large number of individuals -- is fast becoming an instrument for social change. Majority of the fundraisers on crowdfunding platforms such as Milaap

NITI Aayog announces the launch of the schemes Lucky Grahak Yojana and the Digi-धन Vyapari Yojana to give cash awards to consumers and merchants who utilize digital payment instruments for personal consumption expenditures. The scheme specially focuses on bringing the poor, lower middle class and

As per the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, all citizens shall have the right to information. Further, RTI Act provides for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote

The satellite-enabled services in conjunction with ground data, to support farmers in India include weather forecasting, agro-advisory, agromet services, soil moisture and agricultural extension activities to support farming operations in the country by India Meteorology Department (IMD), Ministry

With the last three consecutive successful launches of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with indigenous Cryogenic engine & stage, ISRO has demonstrated the reliability of indigenous cryogenic technology and efforts are underway to operationalise GSLV. The launch of GSAT-6 onboard GSLV

Future transaction would be substantially digital and once they are substantially digital, they would come in the tax net. Therefore, the future taxation level would be much higher than what is currently being collected. This would also enable the Government at some stage to make taxes more

As per the revised guidelines, passport issuing authorities (PIAs) have been authorised to consider request of each applicant seeking change in date of birth irrespective of the period that would have lapsed after the issue of the passport. According to earlier guidelines, request for change of DOB

Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs in collaboration with UNDP and National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) will launch “Vanjeevan” the National Resource Centre for Tribal Livelihood issues at Bhubaneswar, Odisha on December 22, 2016. Shri Jual Oram, Union Minister of

केन्द्रीय विद्युत, कोयला, नवीन और नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा तथा खान राज्य मंत्री श्री पियूष गोयल 14 दिसम्बर, 2016 को नई दिल्ली में राष्ट्रीय ऊर्जा संरक्षण दिवस का उद्घाटन करेंगे और राष्ट्रीय ऊर्जा संरक्षण पुरस्कार विजेताओं और राष्ट्रीय ऊर्जा संरक्षण चित्रकारी प्रतियोगिता-2016 के विजेताओं को सम्मानित करेंगे।

Government is undertaking establishment of two National Kamdhenu Breeding Centres in the country. An amount of Rs.25.00 Crore has been released to Madhya Pradesh for establishment of a breeding centre in Itarsi, Hoshangabad in Northern region of India and Rs 25 crore has been released to Andhra