Govt working on new consumer protection law, says PM

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today vowed to protect consumer interest, saying a new law is on the anvil that will crack down on misleading advertisements and provide time-bound rederesal of their grievances.

Listing consumer friendly measures taken by the BJP-led government in the last three-and-half years, he said a simplified Goods and Services Tax (GST) has ended a plethora of state and central taxes and laid the ground for reduction in prices in the long run.