Published on : 04 Oct 2025, 9:38 am 3 min read

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of ₹5 lakh on coaching institute Drishti IAS (VDK Eduventures Pvt. Ltd.) for publishing misleading advertisements that concealed vital information about the nature of courses undertaken by candidates featured in its "216+ selections in UPSC CSE 2022" claim.

The order, delivered by Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare and Commissioner Anupam Mishra , found that Drishti IAS prominently displayed names and photographs of successful candidates without disclosing that most of them had only taken the institute's free Interview Guidance Programme (IGP), rather than its paid courses.

The order was passed in a suo motu case initiated over an advertisement published by Dri

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