Dual MRPs on packed items: Maharashtra, Karnataka top the list

Centre had directed all state govts and UTs to stop the practice of dual MRPs for same commodity

Maharashtra has booked the most cases for dual pricing of a packaged commodity in violation of maximum retail price (MRP) rules.

According to data furnished by the government recently, around 3,725 cases were booked for dual MRPs in Maharashtra from 2013-14 to 2015-16. Karnataka had registered 2,538 cases. These constituted around 25 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively, of complaints registered across the country under dual MRPs.

The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, makes it illegal to charge different prices for a packaged product within a state.

For example, a one-litre bottle of packaged mineral bottle might cost more in cinemas,