Q.Explain the role of consumer organisation and NGO’s in protecting and promoting consumer’s interest.

Ahmedabad is connected with the Consumer Education and Research Centre (CERC).

In this GSEB Class-12 Commerce consumer-protection question, the Consumer Education and Research Centre (CERC), Ahmedabad, is a major voluntary consumer organisation known for product testing, education and public-in …

PIL is filed in the Supreme Court and High Courts.

In this GSEB Class-12 Commerce consumer-protection question, a PIL is a petition filed in the public interest (e.g. for consumers or the environment). It can be filed in the Supreme Court of India …

VOICE (Voluntary Organisation in Interest of Consumer Education) and Common Cause are both genuine non-government organisations (NGOs) that work for consumer protection in India, so the answer is both of them.

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Public Interest Litigation can be filed in the Supreme Court.

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is a petition filed to protect the interest of the general public, and it is entertained by the higher judiciary. Among the options given, the Supreme Court can accept a PIL (as can a High Court). Ordinary crim …

False — India's National Consumer Day is observed on 24th December every year (marking the day the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 received presidential assent), not on 24th March as stated.

National Consumer Day is celebrated in India on 24th December each year, commemorating the day the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 came into force, giving consumers a formal legal framework to protect their rights and seek redressal of grievances. (The date "15th March" is instead observed internationally as World Consumer Rights Day, marking the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy outli …

VOICE and Common Cause are both genuine Indian consumer NGOs, so the answer is both.

Non-governmental organisations play a major role in consumer protection by spreading awareness, guiding complaints and filing cases in consumer courts. VOICE (Voluntary Organisation in Interest of Consumer Education) and Common Cause are two recognised consumer organisations in India.

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The Consumer Coordination Council is headquartered in New Delhi. Alternatively, the Bureau of Indian Standards grants the right to use the ISI mark.

The Consumer Coordination Council (CCC) is an apex body of consumer organisations in India and has its head office in New Delhi.

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The blank is filled by the 'Jago Grahak Jago' campaign.

The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, has been running the 'Jago Grahak Jago' ('Wake up Consumer, Wake up') campaign to generate awareness among consumers about their rights and responsibilities and to warn them a …

National Consumer Day is celebrated on 24th December.

To spread awareness about consumer rights and the importance of consumer protection, India observes National Consumer Day on 24th December each year — this date commemorates the enactment of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, India's first comprehensive legislation safeguarding consumer interests (since strengthened by the Consumer Protection Act, 2019). On this day, government agencies, consumer organisations and educationa …

False — no such award exists under the Consumer Protection Act or the Ministry of Consumer Affairs; the statement names a scheme that is not part of India's real consumer-protection machinery.

India's consumer-protection framework (the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, now replaced by the 2019 Act) builds awareness and redress through real, verifiable institutions and events, not through an award by this name:

• National Consumer Day — 24 December every year, commemorating the date the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 received Presidential assent, used nationwide to spread consumer-rights awareness.
• Consumer Protection Councils — at Central, State and District level, created under the Act to promote and protect consumer rights.
• "Jago Grahak Jago" — the Government of India's long-running public-awareness campaign on consumer rights.
• Redressal agencies — the District, State and National Commissions that hear consumer disputes. …