Netizens came up with epic theories after CCPA issued new guidelines barring hotels and restaurants from forcing consumers to tip staff.
The CCPA added that consumers can lodge complaints on National Consumer Helpline number 1915 against hotels/restaurants charging service charges.
A meeting has been convened after the Consumer Affairs Ministry took note of a number of media reports as well as grievances registered by consumers on the National Consumer Helpline (NCH).
The policy aims at balancing the aspirations of the consumers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and the govt.
Heeding to the demands raised, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday extended the timings of hotels, restaurants and shopping malls in the state till 10 pm.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will hold a meeting of the coronavirus task force on Monday to deliberate on granting more relaxations to hotels, shops, malls, restaurants, multiplexes, and places of religious worship.
The Punjab government on Tuesday allowed opening of bars in hotels, shopping complexes and multiplexes falling outside coronavirus containment zones, according to an official spokesperson.
The Maharashtra government has released a standard operating procedure (SOPs) and guidelines for hotels, lodges and resorts on Friday, which have been permitted to resume operations at 100 per cent capacity amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Announcing Unlock 4 guidelines, the Maharashtra government has allowed hotels to reopen, interdistrict transport of goods and persons, private and minibus, and also offices with 30 per cent staff.
Aam Aadmi Party leader, Raghav Chadha said that they have reiterated the demands in front of the Lieutenant Governor of reopening of hotels and markets in Delhi in order to bring movement in the economic cycle.
Leisure Hotels Group (LH), a prominent hospitality chain in Northern India with Twenty-Seven (27) Hotels across Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, & Goa has announced the re-opening of all its Hotels, Resorts post lockdown.
Central government issued new guidelines for phased re-opening of all activities.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur spoke with India TV during its special coverage #CMsOnIndiaTV and discussed the road ahead in the state for unlock 1 as country begins to exit from lockdown in a phased-wise manner. Speaking on the tourism industry, Chief Minister said that it has been hit hard due to COVID-19 but its revival will take time.
Lockdown is the only way to contain the coronavirus from spreading and almost all the entire world is now reeling under COVID-19 impact with new cases, deaths being reported every other day. Though an essential requirement to fight disease, the lockdown in the country has had a disastrous impact on the hospitality sector, especially for hotels, hoteliers said.
At least a dozen hotels have been roped in by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to offer quarantine facilities to people at a price in the state capital, while similar arrangements have been made in around 26 hotels in neighbouring Cuttack as part of measures taken by the state government to contain the spread of COVID-19, they said.
Amid rising COVID 19 cases and to contain the spread of the deadly virus in the country, India has suspended tourist visas until April 15. Moreover, people arriving in the country especially from seven specific countries will be quarantined as a precautionary measure. Here's how it will cost India.
2G mobile internet in five districts of Jammu and broadband facility in all essential institutions have been restored today. Internet services have been suspended ever since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year.
The excise department conducted the raid on Wednesday at the premises of a luxury boutique hotel-cum-resort, Alok Kumar, ACP, EIB said on Thursday.
"Many customers demand raw onion slices with the main dish. But we have put up a board at our hotel to inform the customers that a plate of raw onion would cost Rs 15 extra. We have taken this decision as we cannot afford to serve it free of cost," Prakash Shetty, who runs Bharat Lunch Home in Sion- Koliwada area, said on Thursday.
For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cost cutting seems to be his topmost personal priority. No wonder, during technical halts in the course of foreign visits, he opts to rest and take a bath at airport terminals instead of staying in luxury five star hotels overnight. Generally during technical halts or for refuelling the aircraft, PMs and their delegations have been staying at five star hotels, costing the state exchequer dearly.
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