Odisha: Vehicle dealers directed to display price chart in showrooms

Bhubaneswar: The State Transport Authority (STA) in Odisha has made it mandatory for all the automobile dealers to display details of all vehicles in their showrooms, officials said.

The STA has directed all the dealers to display details of payment to be made by the purchaser for each category of vehicles on a notice board of their showrooms that is clearly visible to the customers, reported IANS.

The dealers will have to mention on the notice board that no extra payment will be charged other than the ones mentioned on the display board.

All the charges must be clearly mentioned on the display board. And for all charges, the dealer must issue a receipt, said the order. The RTOs have been asked to inspect the automobile showrooms to ensure that they have complied with the order.

The order also says that the dealers cannot force the buyer to get the vehicle insured with them.