The Central Ministry of the Consumer Welfare has ordered that the specific details of MRP (Maximum Retail Price) of the product, the date of manufacture, the date of expiry, the measure or quantity, country of manufacture, and the customer care details must all be printed on the product label sticker as mandatory for all products sold online. The printing of the above detail should be clearly readable for the consumers.
This order come into effect from yesterday (1st January). The concerned Act relevant to packaged products has been modified to include the above clause.
The central government has informed that this measure has been carried out in due consideration to the consumers’ welfare.
The online traders have already been given a time period of 6 months to implement the above.