New Delhi: The government has sought explanation from companies selling packaged mineral water over different MRPs of bottles for various places and directed that the sale price should be same at airports, hotels and malls.
Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has tweeted that the consumer forum under his ministry have been receiving complaints relating to different MRP being charged for packaged mineral water at different places.
एयरपोर्ट, होटल व माल सभी जगह एक रेट में मिलेगी मिनरल वाटर बोतल।
— Ram Vilas Paswan (@irvpaswan) March 6, 2017
He further tweeted that it came to notice that the companies had printed different MRPs for selling the same bottle at different places like hotels and airports.
उपभोक्ता मंत्रालय के उपभोक्ता फोरम में बोतलबंद पानी की अलग-अलग जगहों पर वसूली जाने वाली कीमतों से जुड़ी शिकायतें बड़े पैमाने पर आ रही हैं।
— Ram Vilas Paswan (@irvpaswan) March 6, 2017
The ministry had sought explanations from such companies on different MRPs of the same water bottle, he tweeted.
शिकायतों से पता चला है कि कंपनियों द्वारा बाकायदा अलग प्रिंट रेट दर्ज किया गया था।इसका कंपनियों से मंत्रालय द्वारा जवाब भी मांगा गया है
— Ram Vilas Paswan (@irvpaswan) March 6, 2017
कंपनियों के हेल्पलाइन से लिंक होने से वे हेल्पलाइन पर आने वाली शिकायतों का खुद ही संज्ञान भी ले रही हैं।
— Ram Vilas Paswan (@irvpaswan) March 6, 2017
The packaged drinking water is sold at 10-20 percent higher rates at these places, while in some cases, MRP is not even written on the water bottle and "soft drinks like Coca Cola are sold in loose at an increased rate", Paswan had said.
