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CBIC develops GST Verify mobile app to protect interest of consumers
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has developed mobile app ‘GST Verify’ to protect interest of consumers. It is android app to verify if the...Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launches 2018 Financial Literacy Week
On June 4, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched Financial Literacy Week (FLW-2018) across the country with Customer Protection as its main theme. The event will...R K Agrawal appointed as President of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)
Former Supreme Court judge Justice R K Agrawal, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, has been appointed the President of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC). He will...2018 World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD)
The World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is observed every year on March 15 to promote basic rights of all consumers, demanding that those rights are respected and protected....
BND-4201: India’s first home-grown high purity gold reference standard launched
India Government Mint (IGM), a unit of Security Printing and Minting Corp of India Ltd has launched India’s first home-grown high purity gold reference standard –Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya...
First International Conference on Consumer Protection held in New Delhi
The First International Consumer Protection Conference on empowering consumers in new markets for South, South East and East Asian Countries was held in New Delhi from 26 to...
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
The World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is celebrated every year on March 15 to pay solidarity with the international consumer movement and give more attention to promote basic...
December 24: National Consumer Day
The National Consumer Day is observed every year in India on 24th December. On this day the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 had received the assent of the President....Supreme Court directs Centre to frame model rules for Consumer Courts
Concerned over the working of consumer courts including the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, the Supreme Court has directed the union government to come up with model rules...
GoM recommends heavy fine and ban on celebrities endorsing products in misleading ads
A high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) has approved imposing a heavy fine and ban on celebrities who endorse products making unrealistic and dodgy claims. The GoM headed by...
Consumer Protection Act – UGC-NTA NET Political Science
The Consumer Protection Act of 1986 is a landmark legislation in India aimed at safeguarding consumer rights and interests. It establishes a framework for the resolution of consumer... 