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Annual budget. ₹205,765 crore (US$25 billion) (2023–24 est.) Ministers responsible. Pralhad Joshi, ( Cabinet Minister) Nimuben Bambhaniya, ( Minister of State) Website. https://consumeraffairs.nic.in/. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is a government ministry of India. The ministry is headed by a Cabinet rank ...
Central Consumer Protection Authority is a regulatory authority set up under Section 10(1) of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 in relation to matters affecting rights of consumers by individuals or entities following improper trade practices or by display of inappropriate or wrong advertisements affecting public interest and helps promoting consumer trust by enforcing the rights of consumers ...
Jago Grahak Jago ( transl. Wake up Customer Wake up) is a consumer awareness program launched in 2005 by the Ministry of Consumer-Government of India. Under this scheme, various channels were created to spread awareness about consumer rights and to put an end to malpractices by merchants. Due to this, many ongoing malpractices were put to an ...
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) is a quasi-judicial government commission established in India in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986. [ 3] Headquartered in New Delhi, it serves as the apex national-level forum for consumer dispute resolution in India. [ 3] The NCDRC is headed by a sitting or retired judge ...
The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha as a replacement of COPRA, 1986 on 8 July 2019 by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. [ 1] It was passed by Lok Sabha on 30 July 2019 [ 2] and later passed in Rajya Sabha on 6 August 2019. [ 3][ 4][ 5]
Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent businesses from engaging in fraud or specified unfair practices to gain an advantage over competitors or to ...
The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (COPRA) was an Act by the Parliament of India elected to protect the interests of consumers in India. It was replaced by the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 . It was made for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumer's grievances and matters connected with it.
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