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WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY-
15th March is World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD),
it is an occasion for celebration and solidarity
within the international consumer movement. World
Consumer Rights Day (WCRD actively encourage the
basic rights of all consumers, demanding that
those rights are respected and protected, and a
chance to protest against the market abuses and
social injustices which undermine those
rights. World Consumer Rights Day was on this
day during 1962 that the then American President,
John F Kennedy gave an overall structure to the
consumer rights. He was the first world leader to
aim a vision of consumer rights and also identify
the importance of consumers as a group. Kennedy
Provide the American consumer four basic rights
the right to safety, to choose, to information
and to be heard.
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Consumers International (CI)-

• Consumer International (CI) is the world
  federation of consumer groups.
• The consumer rights day is structured by CI.
• CI serves as the only self - governing and
  authoritative global voice for consumers and was
  founded in 1960. Now CI has over 220 member
  organizations in 115 countries around the world.
• CI consider their mission of being a voice and
  champion for consumers in policy-making forums
  and in the global marketplace. They work outside
  of any political parties and maintain their
  independence so that they can make sure that
  consumers are treated properly.
• Each year, the CI Council selects a theme for
  World Consumer Rights Day activities. This
  year CI campaigning to build a Better Digital
  World.

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Consumer Rights-
Consumer rights implies a consumer's right to
safety, rights to be informed, to choose and to
provide manufacturers with information concerning
their products during they make a purchase.

• Right to Safety-
• Right to safety means the right to be protected
  against the marketing of goods and services,
  which are perilous to life and property.
• It is the consumers responsibility to use the
  product for its meant purpose and correctly
  follow the instructions and warnings.

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• Right to be Informed-
• The right to be informed concerns about the
  quality, quantity, potency, purity, standard and
  price of goods or services so that consumers can
  make intelligent decision on purchasing a
  particular product.
• Right to be informed is to protect the consumer
  against unfair trade practices.
• This right also ensures that it is illegal for
  companies to enhance dishonest or misleading
  advertising or labeling and consumers are
  responsible for scrutinizing all information.

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• Right to Choose-
• The right to choose ensures that right to
  assertive wherever possible, access to a variety
  of goods and services at competitive prices.
• The distributors of the product or service
  should price their product according to
  competitive market and ensure their quality.
• Consumers are responsible for comparing their
  prices and quality for similar type of products
  before making choice.
• Right to be Heard-
• The right to be heard pointed towards the
  consumers interests will receive due
  consideration at appropriate fora.
• Government entities should consider customer
  interest and need when making policies and also
  business should consider this while developing
  product or services.
• It is responsibility of consumers to inform
  business and elected officials regarding the
  issues related to particular items.

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• Right to Redress-
• The right to redress explains the right to look
  for redress against unfair trade practices or
  restrictive trade practices or unscrupulous
  exploitation of consumers.
• Customers have an avenue with which to get
  compensation unsatisfactory performance of
  services or inferior products or damage inflicted
  from their use.
• It is the consumers responsibility to actively
  hunt for appropriate replacement.
• Right to Satisfaction of Basic needs-
• The right to satisfaction of basic need explains
  all consumers have right to suitable access to
  necessary goods and services such as food, cloth,
  shelter, health care, sanitation and education.
• This means that consumers are accountable for
  preside over their own consumption, so as not to
  impinge upon others receiving the same basic
  needs.

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• Right to Satisfaction of Basic needs-
• The right to satisfaction of basic need explains
  all consumers have right to suitable access to
  necessary goods and services such as food, cloth,
  shelter, health care, sanitation and education.
• This means that consumers are accountable for
  preside over their own consumption, so as not to
  impinge upon others receiving the same basic
  needs.
• Right to consumer Education-
• Right to consumer education provides program and
  relevant information that must available to
  customer about products and services which helps
  the consumer to take more informed decisions
  about products.
• Consumer responsibility is to take initiative in
  learning updated product information through out
  their lives.

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• Right to Healthy Environment-
• Right to health environment consider about impact
  on nature due to policies, product and services.
  Business and governing bodies must instate
  policies in production and regulation which do
  not harm the nature world.
• Consumers are responsible for purchase product
  and services which comparatively less harmful for
  themselves and future generations.

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• Consumer Protection Law-
• Consumer protection law or consumer law is
  contemplating an area of laws that regulates the
  relationship between individual consumers and
  business that sell services and products.
• Consumer protection covers a wide range of
  topics, including product liability, privacy
  rights, unfair business practices, fraud,
  misrepresentation, and other consumer/business
  interactions.
• Consumer protection is a system of preventing
  fraud and scams from service and sales contracts,
  bill collector regulation, pricing, utility
  turnoffs, consolidation, personal loans that may
  lead to bankruptcy. In India The Consumer
  protection act, 1986 is regulate consumer
  protection.

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• The Consumer Protection Act 1986-
• The consumer Protection Act is to deliver for
  better protection of the attentiveness
• of consumers and for that cause to make
  provision for the setting up of consumer councils
  and other authorities for the settlement of
  consumers' disputes and for matters connected
  therewith.
• Consumer protection is linked to the idea of
  consumer rights, and to the development of
  consumer organizations.
• Consumer organizations help consumers make
  effective choices in the marketplace and get help
  with consumer complaints.

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