No guidelines to regulate online astrology platforms: Consumer affairs department to CIC

The Department of Consumer Affairs has informed the Central Information Commission (CIC) that it has no guidelines to regulate online astrology platforms while hearing an RTI appeal that one such portal was indulging in unfair trade practices, causing mental and financial harassment to astrologers and cheating people.

The CIC directed the department to provide details of any investigation, disclose complaint figures and transfer parts of the RTI application to other ministries.