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Govt mulls hike in import duty on tur dal from 10% to 25%: Paswan

Centre had last month imposed import duty of 10% on tur dal do protect domestic growers

Disclose how revenue earned from service charge was used: Paswan to hotels

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ramvilas Paswan today appealed to the hoteliers and restaurant owners to disclose the manner in which they spent the revenue received from 'service charge' collected from consumers as the entire earnings on that account is in violation of law."Hoteliers and restaurant owners should come out in open and explain to the government and tax authorities the manner in which service charge collected from consumers is spend as the entire exercise is illegal," Paswan told reporters. He said the guidelines recently issued by the government is to make the work of Consumer and Civil courts easier as and when any one complaints against illegal levying of service charge. He said "service charge" itself is a wrong practice and consumers have full right to protest against this and drag the offender to court, if any one charges them without informing," Paswan said. The guidelines have been issued to enable people go against it violation in courts. Last week, the ...

Govt to buy pulses till Apr 22 but only from farmers, says Ram Vilas Paswan

Govt had decided to create 20 lakh tonnes of buffer stock through imports and local purchase

Ram Vilas Paswan rules out separate law to regulate MRP of packed items

Paswan also expressed concern over "inaccuracy" in critical instruments like thermometer

ISMA's 2016-17 sugar output estimate misleading, no imports required now: Paswan

Food Minister Ramvilas Paswan today rejected the sugar output estimates being furnished by industry body ISMA, saying the frequent downward revision was "misleading" and India had enough sugar stocks and imports are not required at this stage.The Minister said the Food Ministry will take up the issue of sugar production forecast with the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA). "Who has given the right to them (to forecast)? You cannot believe their production numbers. They are misleading public and the industry by releasing wrong numbers. They should not be doing this," Paswan told reporters.The frequent revision of sugar output estimate for 2016-17 marketing year (October-September) puts in question the credibility of the industry body, he said."It is not fair to frequently revise the figures. We don't know what logic they have behind this. All -- farmers, mills and trade -- get affected because of such numbers." Paswan said the ISMA has trimmed sugar production forecast to 20.3 ...

Consumer Ministry most neglected by Centre, states: Ram Vilas Paswan

The minister express concern about vacant posts, lack of infrastructure at the consumer courts

Govt unveils online initiatives to redress consumer complaints

Initiatives were unveiled by Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on the occasion of National Consumer Day

Availability of PoS machines to improve in coming days: Ram Vilas Paswan

Paswan further said the cashless transaction is a transparent process and checks evasion of tax

Can give free food to all under food security Act if states cooperate: Ram Vilas Paswan

The National Food Security Act (NFSA) that provides legal entitlement for cheap grain to 64 per cent of Indians now covers the entire country, with Kerala and Tamil Nadu agreeing to implement it.

Ram Vilas Paswan supports idea of setting up ketchup manufacturing plant in Kalka

Paswan said that he would make every possible effort for the setting up of this plant

Hike in MSP of pulses will give output a leg-up: Ram Vilas Paswan

Production of pulses is expected to touch 200-lakh tonne mark this year in comparison to 176 lakh tonnes last year

Pakistan has been isolated over Kashmir issue: Ram Vilas Paswan

He claimed that Narendra Modi's foreign policy was now fetching results

Ram Vilas Paswan reviews availability of pulses with importers

He said there is a need for the importers of pulses to be more transparent in their operations

Ram Vilas Paswan and his wife's wealth up by only Rs 14 lakh in 2015-16

Paswan is a senior Cabinet minister holding food, public distribution and consumer affairs portfolio in the NDA government led by Narendra Modi

Ram Vilas Paswan bats for consumer module in school and college

It will raise awareness levels and encourage greater involvement of students in consumer movement, said Paswan

Direct Selling industry expects regulatory clarity with new guidelines

Minister for Consumer Affairs Food and Civil Supplies, Ram Vilas Paswan said that guidelines will address issues being faced by Industry as well as protect interest of the consumers

Ram Vilas Paswan stages dharna in support of toddy sellers

The LJP chief sat on the dharna for about two hours and threatened to launch an agitation in support the community

Pulse output may go up to 20 million tonnes this crop year: Ram Vilas Paswan

The government is in talks with Myanmar for urad imports, but they have not yet agreed to government-to-government imports

Mayawati never enamoured of Dalits but only with money: Ram Vilas Paswan

His comments came after senior BSP leader Swami Prasad Maurya accused Mayawati of 'auctioning' tickets for next year Assembly polls

Modi phenomenon causing sea change in Dalit perception of BJP: Paswan

Due to the pro-active role taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi