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Consumer courts require an overhaul for new act to work
An important article that talks about the urgent need to overhaul the functioning of consumer courts.
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We all have a role to play in creating a safer and fairer marketplace
Globally, food safety is a cause for major concern. One in 10 across the globe fall sick, around 420,000 people die and more than 33 million healthy life years are lost every year due to consumption of contaminated food, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
It's now or never
Not making a complaint within a stipulated time could lead to iretreivable loss to consumers
The price we pay
It is time consumer and government pulled up those charging the public above the maximum retail price
Banking on safety
ATM centres should ensure security measures are intact in the interest of the customers
Train of thought
It’s time IRCTC improved its services and also got more customer-friendly
Damage's done
In several instances, compensation offered to consumers doesn’t match up to even the actual costs incurred