Vijayawada: Legal metrology authorities carried out inspections on dealers of pulses and cereals and noticed that some dealers were not issuing bills to consumers recently in several parts of the state.
The authorities advised the consumers to insist on taking purchase bills from the dealers without fail and asked the consumers to make note that the dealers should show GST component in the bills for purchase of pulses and cereals of five kg, 10 kg, 20 kg, and 25 kg, and added that the bags that weigh more than 26 kg did not attract GST component.
They also inspected wholesale and retail rice stores selling packaged rice in bags of five kg, 10 kg, 20 kg, and 25 kg where GST was charged and also found bags over 25 kg where GST was exempted.
The authorities asked the consumers to insist on getting purchase bills from the dealers and also find out whether the bags were displaying the declarations as per packaged commodities rules like name and address of manufacturer, packer, and importer; common or generic name of commodity; net quantity; month and year of manufacture; retail sale price in the form of MRP inclusive of all taxes; and name and address, phone number, and email address of the person or office to be contacted in case of any complaints from the consumer.
With regard to bags of 26 kg, the authorities said that the dealer should not collect GST from the consumers and cautioned that if GST was collected, action would be initiated against such dealers.
The authorities advised the consumers to call helpline no. 1967 in case of any complaints or suggestions.
