CCPA Imposes Penalty on Coaching Institutes for misleading advertisements and unfair trade practices

• Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), a statutory body under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, has been penalising coaching institutes for misleading advertisements and unfair trade practices.
• Relevant for UPSC across GS-II (statutory bodies, consumer rights) and GS-III (regulation of education-allied service sector); ironically targets the very IAS/JEE/NEET coaching ecosystem feeding the exam.
• Reflects regulatory shift from caveat emptor to active consumer protection in the edtech/coaching market.