Dual MRP
In fact amended Rules will allow the dual pricing if 25 water bottles are packed in a box for supply to Institutional Consumers then Provision of Rule 3 will not apply to packages containing quantity of 25 Litres.
Rule 2A is worded " Unless otherwise specifically provided under any other law......" thus again providing a loophole for misuse of amended Rules.
Why Rules notified on 23 June 2017 are not being enforced from 1 September 2017?
The Amended Rules are reproduced below for ready reference:
‘(bc) “institutional consumer” means the institution which buys packaged commodities bearing a declaration ‘not for retail sale’, directly from the manufacturer or from an importer or from wholesale dealer for use by that institution and not for commercial or trade purposes;’;
3. In the said rules, for rule 3, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-
“3. Application of Chapter.- The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to- (a) packages of commodities containing quantity of more than 25 kilogram or 25 litre;
8. In the said rules, in rule 18,- (i) after sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- “(1A) The wholesale dealer shall be allowed to sell the pre-packaged commodities directly to the industrial and institutional consumers.”.
(i) after sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-
"(2A) Unless otherwise specifically provided under any other law, no manufacturer or packer or importer shall declare different maximum retail prices on an identical pre-packaged commodity by adopting restrictive trade practices or unfair trade practices as defined under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986). more