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New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has pulled up several coaching centres for flouting advertising norms and engaging in unfair trade practices, particularly those institutes that help students prepare for joint entrance examination (JEE) for undergraduate engineering programs and national eligibility cum entrance test (NEET) for undergraduate medical courses. Several prominent institutes have been found misusing student success stories after the recent declaration of entrance exam results, making exaggerated or unverifiable claims to attract new enrolments, the Union consumer affairs ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Also Read | IAS coaching centres may be closed for false ... Read more

New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a ₹5 lakh penalty on Shankar IAS Academy for misleading advertisements related to the 2022 civil service exam. The regulator, led by chief commissioner Nidhi Khare, found that the coaching institute made false claims about its success rate and the nature of courses taken by successful candidates, according to a statement by the consumer affairs ministry on Sunday. Earlier, Mint had reported on 19 August that 15 coaching institutes were penalized with a total fine amounting to ₹38.60 lakh. Shankar IAS Academy was among those fined, receiving a ₹5 lakh ... Read more

New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of ₹3 lakh on Sriram’s IAS, a coaching institute, for making misleading claims about the results of the UPSC Civil Services Exam 2022. The CCPA’s action follows complaints that the coaching institute’s advertisements suggested a higher success rate than the actual case. Coaching institutes often make exaggerated claims about the success rate of their students by including candidates who have not even taken a paid class or used other paid facilities of the coaching institute. Some coaching institutes use such tactics to attract more students. Mint reported on ... Read more

New Delhi: Coaching institutes for civil services examinations will not be allowed to use the personal details of toppers in their advertisements without their consent, as per draft guidelines released on Friday by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), a regulatory authority of the consumer affairs ministry.  This decision is part of a broader effort to clamp down on misleading advertisements in the coaching industry, ensuring that aspirants are not swayed by unverified claims of success. The CCPA has asked all IAS coaching centers to stop using false testimonials of successful students or fake reviews to grow their coaching business. ... Read more