Disclose how revenue earned from service charge was used: Paswan to hotels

Food Minister says the entire earnings on that account are in violation of law

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ramvilas Paswan has asked the hoteliers and restaurant owners to disclose the manner in which they spend the revenue received from the ‘service charge’ collected from consumers, as the entire earnings on that account are in violation of the law.

“Hoteliers and restaurant owners should come out in open and explain to the government and tax authorities the manner in which the service charges collected are spent, as the entire exercise is illegal,” Paswan told reporters. 

The guidelines issued by the government will make the work of Consumer and Civil courts easier as and when