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Jagriti: Mascot for Consumer Rights
Recently, Jagriti Mascot was launched by the Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA), in a bid to empower consumers and generate awareness on their rights. About Jagriti Mascot Jagriti Mascot will help in empowering consumers and generating awareness among them about “consumer rights”. The Mascot will be presented as an empowered consumer, mushrooming awareness on consumer ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Consumer Protection Act 1986 • Consumer Protection Act 2019 • Consumer rights • Jago Grahak Jago Program • Jagriti Mascot
World Consumer Rights Day observed on March 15
World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated every year on March 15 across the world to spread awareness about the rights and needs of a consumer. Several awareness programmes are held across the world on this day. This year, the theme of the World Consumer Rights Day, according to the Consumers International organisation is – “Sustainable ..
Topics: Consumer • Consumer rights • Consumers International
GoI to establish Central Consumer Protection Authority
The GoI recently decided to establish Central Consumer Protection Authority under the Consumer Protection act, 2019. Consumer Protection Authority The authority protects, promotes and enforces rights of the consumers. It also regulates matters that are related to unfair trade practices, violation of consumer rights and misleading advertisements. Central Consumer Protection act, 2019 The act was ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Central Consumer Protection Authority • CLAT • Consumer protection • Consumer Protection Act 1986 • Consumer Protection Act 2019 • Consumer rights
GoI sets up Consumer Protection Authority to implement Consumer Protection Act
The Government of India is to set up a Consumer Protection Authority in order to implement the Consumer Protection Act. The authority is to begin working from April 2020. Highlights The Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 was approved the Parliament in 2019 replacing Consumer Protection Act, 1986. It aims to focus on rapid settlement of consumer ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Central Consumer Protection Authority • CLAT • Consumer protection • Consumer Protection Act 2019 • Consumer rights • E-commerce
CCI report on E-Commerce Market of India
On January 8, 2020, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) released its report on “Market Study on E-Commerce in India: Key Findings and Observations”. The market study for the report was initiated in April 2019 by CCI. According to the report, the number of internet users have increased from 445.96 million in 2017 to 665.31 ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Competition Commission of India (CCI) • Consumer rights • Data protection • E-commerce • e-commerce platform • Food industry • Internet
Consumer Protection Bill
The Lok Sabha has passed the Consumer Protection Bill. The bill aims to provide protection of interests of consumers and aims to set up authorities for the timely settlement of disputes. It also received the Parliamentary approval on August 6, 2019 and will now be sent to the President for his consent. What is the ..
Topics: Bills • consumer courts • Consumer Protection Act • Consumer rights