Ministry of Consumer Affairs

The Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles and Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal flagged off 100 mobile vans for sale of wheat flour (Atta) under ‘Bharat’ brand, today from Kartavya Path, New…

The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) conducted Special Campaign 3.0 from 02.10.2023 to 31.10.2023 under the guidance of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. The Department’s subordinate offices (Regional…

The Government has initiated aggressive retail sale of onion from the buffer at subsidized price of Rs.25 per kg to protect the consumers from recent increase in onion prices due to delay in the arrival of kharif crop. This comes as another…

Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles and Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal has said that Indian consumers are now demanding high quality goods and services and to ensure that, the Government is…

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), under the aegis of India's G20 presidency, is hosting the G20 Standards Dialogue 2023. The 2-day event commenced today at the iconic Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of…

Government of India’s decision to impose Minimum Export Price of USD 800/ton on Onion with effect from 29th October 2023 till 31st December 2023 to discourage exports and maintain availability in domestic markets has shown an immediate…

The Government today notified Minimum Export Price (MEP) of USD 800 per Metric Ton, FOB basis, on onion export with effect from 29th October, 2023, till 31st December, 2023. The measure has been taken to maintain sufficient availability of…

The Department of Consumer Affairs organized a Round Table Conference on "Pioneering an ODR (Online Dispute Resolution) Platform for Seamless Cross-Border E-commerce Dispute Resolution”, here today to have a constructive dialogue between…

The Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Shri Rohit Kumar Singh today held a meeting with Mozambique High Commissioner, H.E. Ermindo A. Pereira to discuss trade and related issues pertaining to tur (Pigeon pea). Shri Singh conveyed…

To increase the availability of wheat in the open market and to further stabilize the prices of wheat, w.e.f. 01.11.2023, the maximum quantity a bidder can purchase under Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) has been increased to 200 MT from…