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The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 3 lakh on Vision IAS for allegedly advertising misleading claims regarding the results of UPSC CSE 2020. The CCPA found out that Vision IAS prominently displayed successful candidate’s names and pictures.
However, the information with respect to the course opted by the said successful candidates in UPSC Civil Service Exam 2020 was not disclosed in the abovementioned advertisement.
By deliberately concealing the specific course opted by each of the successful candidates, the Vision IAS made it look like all the courses offered by it had the same success rate for the consumers, which was not right, reported PIB. These facts are important for the potential students to decide on the courses that may be suitable for them and should not have been concealed in the advertisement.
Several coaching institutes use the same successful candidate’s names and photographs in their advertisements while deliberately concealing important information about specific courses opted by them to create a deception that the successful candidates were regular classroom students at the coaching institute or were students of several courses offered in the advertisement.
CCPA has taken action against several coaching institutes for misleading advertisements and unfair trade practices. In this regard, CCPA has so far issued 46 notices to various coaching institutes for misleading advertisements and unfair trade practices. The CCPA has imposed a penalty of RS 74.60 lakh on 23 coaching institutes and directed them to discontinue the misleading advertisements, the PIB report added.
No comments could be obtained from the concerned Institute over the allegation.
