[Resolved]  Shoppers Stop — Charging Extra VAT on the Clothes which are under SALE

Ultimately it is the consumer, who has to pay for everything. The first instance was, where Govt banned use of plastic bags. So, what shops started doing is, they stopped giving plastic carry bags and started selling these. I dont understand, if something is not good for environment, why it should be even allowed to be sold. Why these retailers are not being asked to stop selling plastic begs and instead provide paper bag to the customers without any charge.

Now, it is the VAT issue. Retailers say, 50% discount...VAT extra.
In this case, VAT is already included in the MRP. If you buy it without discount, no additional VAT is to be added. So, what happens. They give you the discount and then again charge you 5% to 12.5% (varies from shop to shop, seems) on the discounted price. This means, actual discount you get is less than 50%, which is misleading advertising.

Can Govt department come up and stop these malpractices.