Consumer Protection Department Fines Kathmandu Store NPR 201,000 During Joint Market Inspection

The Department of Commerce, Supply and Consumer Protection, which regularly monitors and inspects the market, inspected 18 firms in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur in a single day.

Following discrepancies found during the inspection, New Shiva Store in Kathmandu's New Buspark area was fined an amount equivalent to NPR 201,000, the department stated. The firm was penalized in accordance with the Consumer Protection Act, 2075, and the Consumer Protection Regulation, 2076.