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What is the consumer protection law designed to do?
The consumer protection law is designed to help protect consumers against unfair practices by businesses. It gives consumers various rights when dealing with unsatisfactory products or services.
What commission was created in 1972 to protect consumers against hazardous products?
The Consumer Product Safety Commission.
What are two ways of protecting yourself against sunburn or skin cancer?
sunscreen lotion, or protective clothing
The objectives of consumer protection act 1986?
The Consumer Protection Act 1986 aims to safeguard consumers against unfair trade practices and protect them from exploitation. It ensures the rights of consumers to seek redressal for any defective goods or deficient services. The act also aims to establish consumer councils at various levels to promote consumer rights awareness.
What is consumer protection agency?
FTC Bureau is the Consumer Protection Agency.It used to protect consumers against unfair,deceptive or fraudlent practices.
Are share traders consumers or not can they make a consumer court against share trading agencies?
Only when they are trading for their livelihood and not for making speculative profit.
How does consumers affect business?
(1) Protection from Unsafe Products: An important object of consumer movement is, the united fight of consumers against harmful and unsafe products produced by manufacturers and sold by traders. The examples of such products are medicines causing side effects, sold without any written warning, sale of stale products, etc. (2) Protection against Unfair Trade Practices: Businessmen do various unfair trade practices like overcharging the customers, using inaccurate weight and measures, selling inferior quality goods, resorting to black marketing, etc. Consumer movement protects the consumers from such malpractices. (3) Protection Against Pollution: Due to consumer movement, business organizations are under pressure to take the necessary measures to control air, water and noise pollution. (4) Bringing Consumers Together: It was very easy for business organizations to exploit unorganized customers. However, due to consumer movement, customers are collectively fighting for their rights. Thus, consumer movement has succeeded in uniting and getting a fair deal for consumers from the business world. (5) Control on Monopolistic & Restrictive Trade Practices: Many Laws and Acts have been introduced to protect the interest of consumers against monopolistic and restrictive trade practices of businessmen. (6) Creating Consumer Awareness: Consumer movement creates awareness among consumers and educate them through lectures, seminar, workshops, media, public meetings, etc. regarding consumer rights. (7) Timely Supply of Essential Commodities: Consumer movement has made it possible for consumers to form Consumer Co-operative Societies for production and distribution of essential commodities on co-operative basis so as to ensure their regular supply at reasonable prices. (8) Right to get After Sale Service: After sale service is provided by manufacturers and sellers to the customer even after effecting sales. Seller must provide after sale services in case of consumer durable products. The seller is supposed to undertake free repairs and maintenance of products sold during the warranty period. The awareness about this right of consumers has been brought through consumer movement. (9) Pressure on Government: Since consumers are now united, they are able to exert pressure on the government to enact various laws and introduce measures for consumer protection. (10) Link between Consumers and Business Community: Various consumers, by passing on consumer grievances, their suggestions, etc to business organizations are getting justice for consumers. (11) Legal Help: Various consumer protection associations helps the consumer to get their complaints against malpractices of traders, redressed through Consumer Disputes Redressal Agencies or Civil Courts.
How does consumer movement affect business?
(1) Protection from Unsafe Products: An important object of consumer movement is, the united fight of consumers against harmful and unsafe products produced by manufacturers and sold by traders. The examples of such products are medicines causing side effects, sold without any written warning, sale of stale products, etc. (2) Protection against Unfair Trade Practices: Businessmen do various unfair trade practices like overcharging the customers, using inaccurate weight and measures, selling inferior quality goods, resorting to black marketing, etc. Consumer movement protects the consumers from such malpractices. (3) Protection Against Pollution: Due to consumer movement, business organizations are under pressure to take the necessary measures to control air, water and noise pollution. (4) Bringing Consumers Together: It was very easy for business organizations to exploit unorganized customers. However, due to consumer movement, customers are collectively fighting for their rights. Thus, consumer movement has succeeded in uniting and getting a fair deal for consumers from the business world. (5) Control on Monopolistic & Restrictive Trade Practices: Many Laws and Acts have been introduced to protect the interest of consumers against monopolistic and restrictive trade practices of businessmen. (6) Creating Consumer Awareness: Consumer movement creates awareness among consumers and educate them through lectures, seminar, workshops, media, public meetings, etc. regarding consumer rights. (7) Timely Supply of Essential Commodities: Consumer movement has made it possible for consumers to form Consumer Co-operative Societies for production and distribution of essential commodities on co-operative basis so as to ensure their regular supply at reasonable prices. (8) Right to get After Sale Service: After sale service is provided by manufacturers and sellers to the customer even after effecting sales. Seller must provide after sale services in case of consumer durable products. The seller is supposed to undertake free repairs and maintenance of products sold during the warranty period. The awareness about this right of consumers has been brought through consumer movement. (9) Pressure on Government: Since consumers are now united, they are able to exert pressure on the government to enact various laws and introduce measures for consumer protection. (10) Link between Consumers and Business Community: Various consumers, by passing on consumer grievances, their suggestions, etc to business organizations are getting justice for consumers. (11) Legal Help: Various consumer protection associations helps the consumer to get their complaints against malpractices of traders, redressed through Consumer Disputes Redressal Agencies or Civil Courts.
The government takes part in the united states economy to?
The government takes part in the united states economy to protect consumers action against violations of consumer rights.
What is the Objective of consumer protection act?
The main objective of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 is to protect the interest and safeguard the rights of the consumers which are as follows:Right to be protected against the marketing of goods and services which are hazardous to life and propertyRight to be informed about the quality, quantity, potency, purity, standard and price of goods or services so as to protect the consumer against unfair trade practicesRight to be assured , wherever possible , access to a variety of goods and services at competitive pricesRight to be heard and to be assured that consumers' interests will receive due consideration at appropriate forumsRight to seek redressal against unfair trade practices and unscrupulous exploitation of consumersRight to consumer education.Regards,Jayesh K Deokar
How do laws against false advertising promote the goal of economic equity?
Laws against false advertising promote the consumer and make sure that the consumer is not misled. This is helpful to ensure that consumers are not ripped off, and forced to become an economic underclass.
What is the importance of consumer health?
1. Consumers health education helps us to choose consumers' goods and services in the proper way. 2. It protects the public against the risk of injury associated with consumer products. 3. It helps to make the consumer aware about their rights and responsibilities such as. a. The right to basic needs b. The right to safety c. The right to choose goods and services d. The right to redress e. The right to consumer education
