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New Delhi [India], Feb. 6 : According to a recent survey conducted by citizen engagement platform, LocalCircles, 89 percent consumers have said that restaurants should get rid of service charge.

The survey received over 8000 responses from consumers in over 100 districts of India with 66 percent male and 34 percent female participation.

In a related survey done a month back where the question was about the model of levying service charge, 68 percent consumers had said that they wanted payment of service charge to be optional. Out of the 5000 odd responses received in that poll, only 27 percent consumers had said that they were fine with paying whatever service charge was charged to them by the restaurants.

New Delhi [India], Feb. 6 : Out of a total of 15 lakh companies in India, over 50 percent of them are not filing income tax returns, said Sushil Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxation (CBDT).

Speaking at a post-Budget event held by CII on Monday, Chandra revealed that only around 50 percent of the companies are regular with filing income tax returns.

"As per statistical information available, only around 36,500 companies are filing return above Rs. 1 crore. We are very certain that more persons should come under the tax net. This is a very serious problem and needs immediate attention," Chandra said.

New Delhi, Feb.6 : A University of Oxford study has revealed that by the year 2033, as many as 47 percent of modern day job roles could be claimed by automation.

Take for instance the hospitality industry, it will experience or be exposed to technological advances in four areas in 2017.

The first and the foremost is the use of Geo-targeting and Beacons. Geo-technology provides filtered, location-based information from services or devices such as Snapchat or iPhone. With the help of GPS, geo-tech can help get messages to the people close by. Even online, adverts using 'geo' technology drive significantly more traffic back to their websites.

New Delhi [India], Feb. 5 : She works hard and parties even harder!

Tokyo [Japan]/Bangkok [Thailand], Feb.4 : To make cooking safe, the makers of gas appliances are doing newer innovations.

Japan's Rinnai Corporation has been conducting research and development in order to fulfill the needs of different countries.

Atsuhito Gama, an official of Rinnai Corporation, said, "Every country has different requirement for a gas burner depending on their cooking habits. The products are developed and designed to fulfill those needs."

In Indonesia, gas burners are simple and easy to use and made out of stainless steel.

The company produces 6 million units every year and is a leader in the market.

The gas burner for Vietnam is made to be suitable to its characteristics of its people that not fond of heavy flame.

New Delhi [India], Feb. 4 : In an attempt to promote cashless transactions in the country, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given banks the freedom to fix bank service charges for transactions, stated Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, in Lok Sabha on Friday.

RBI has deregulated interest rates on credit card dues. Interest rates are determined by banks with the approval of their respective Board of Directors subject to regulatory guidelines on interest rate on advances issued by RBI from time to time. RBI does not maintain information on the rate of commission charged.