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Question
Explain the role of consumers in Consumer Protection.
Solution
Consumers have to be vigilant and organize themselves into a movement for concerted action.
Activation of Consumer Action Councils:
- Consumer action councils established at village levels should educate consumers.
- Consumer protection agencies should take necessary steps to investigate consumer complaints and grievances.
- Voluntary consumer groups should provide information so as to educate consumers.
- Consumer cooperatives need to be strengthened.
- Consumer groups should contact the legislators to raise the consumer issue in Assembly and Parliament.
- There should be testing laboratories at each district to test the purity of goods.
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