India has announced the ban on restaurants for compulsory charging service fees

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] After receiving a complaint that consumers were forced to pay for service fees frequently, a few days ago, the relevant Indian departments officially announced that the country's hotels and restaurants were forced to collect service fees.

According to BBC reports on the 5th, before, Indian restaurants usually add 5%to 15%of service fees to customers' bills.According to the new regulations, hotels and restaurants can no longer "default or automatically add service fees" to the bills, and prohibit "tip from customers in any other name", or "refuse to provide services to customers who have not paid unrefined tips."As early as 2017, the Indian government issued a guidance policy on the payment service fee, but the results were very small.On the other hand, the Indian Hotel Association, which represents more than 500,000 restaurants, defended the service fee and said that the collection service fee was not "illegal."Essence(Zhang Yingying)

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