To check the malpractice of over charging commodities, the Maharashtra government on Thursday said it is in the process of promulgating an ‘Overpricing Act’ which will have the provision of non-bailable offence for the repeated offenders.
The government is in the process of drafting the proposal and it will soon be sent for Cabinet approval, a senior Metrology department official said. “We are in the final leg of drafting the proposal and would be sending it to the government and it will soon come up with the (Overpricing) Act,” said Sanjay Pandey, Controller of Legal Metrology (Weights and Measures) Department.
The Act would be the first of its kind in the country, he said, adding that even Centre was also mulling to bring such an Act.
Meanwhile, after his visit to Germany where he tried to woo global investors, CM Devendra Fadnavis is set to embark on a tour to Israel from Sunday with a focus on exploring sophisticated agri technology used by that country and later to Japan early next month.
Sena-BJP win Aurangabad civic polls
The Shiv Sena and BJP alliance swept the Aurangabad municipal corporation elections winning 58 out of the total 113 seats. Masjil-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) sprung a surprise by emerging as the second largest party winning 23 seats ahead of the Congress and the NCP.