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As Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh preps to hand over the department to senior bureaucrat Nidhi Khare on March 31, he spoke at length with CNBC-TV18’s Timsy Jaipuria on a range of issues including inflation, Patanjali’s misleading advertisement, electric vehicles batteries and service charges issue at restaurants and more.

Here’s are the excerpts from the exclusive interview of Rohit Kumar Singh, Consumer Affairs Secretary

Is Inflation a key concern for your department and government as highlighted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

RBI is right. Inflation is something to watch and globally food inflation has been a matter of concern. But I can say with a lot of sincerity that India has been able to manage its food inflation really well when it compares to other geographies.

It starts with very proactive monitoring and then taking policy decisions quickly.

In commodities, timing is the key and our governance …