Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayda: Service Charge Added To Your Bill? Here's What You Can Do
Zee Business Video Team | Updated: July 5, 2022 08:26 PM IST
The impact of Zee Business Campaign is now visible. CCPA on Monday issued guidelines regarding the service charges in bills put by hotels and restaurants. With the guidelines, the government clarified that the service charge is completely illegal in India. Now hotels/restaurants shall not add service charge in the food bill. No hotel or restaurant shall force a consumer to pay service charge and shall clearly inform the consumer that service charge is voluntary, optional and at consumer’s discretion. If any hotel or restaurant forcefully demands service charge from its customers, then action will be taken against it. Watch this special report of Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayda.