Question : BAN ON TELE AND INERNET SHOPPING



(a) whether the Union Government has noticed that tele-shopping and internet shopping has increased in recent times mainly because many dubious companies make false promises and offer gifts by which many people were cheated by them;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has received any complaints from any individual or firm or any organisation to ban tele- shopping and net-shopping; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government to protect the interests of common people?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI MILIND DEORA)

(a), (b), (c) and (d) The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha.