Campaign needed to educate consumers regarding their rights: Kairon
Monday, 06/05/2013
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CHANDIGARH: Adaish Partap Singh, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister, Punjab underlined the need to launch a concerted campaign to educate consumers regarding their rights and duties.
Addressing the meeting of the Punjab state consumer protection council Kairon said that there was a greater need for generating consumer awareness especially during the time of competition in market to save the interest of common man.
He said that presently many private companies misguided the consumers regarding their services, terms and conditions, which further leads to the loss of common man. He said that the Punjab Government has already constituted Punjab State Consumer Redressal Commission at State level, followed by the District Redressal Forums, where consumer can easily contact in the case of any complaint. The Minister said that the right of the consumers be protected against the marketing of goods which are hazardous to life and property.
Parkash Chand Garg, Chief parliamentary secretary, Punjab said that consumers to be informed about the quality, quantity, potency, purity, standard and price of goods so as to protect them against unfair trade practices. He said that sensitization programmes be conducted to aware the general public and maximum number of NGOs be made channel partner for celebrating Consumer Awareness Week. Hargunjit Kaur, Joint Secretary of the department has given a presentation regarding consumer rights and consumer laws.
Prominent amongst present on the occasion included D.S.Grewal secretary of the Department, Satwant Singh Johal, commissioner of the department and all members of Punjab state consumer protection council.
