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Consumer protection in India : policies and case studies / editors, Suresh Misra, Sapna Chadah, Mamta Pathania.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New Delhi : Concept Pub. Co., 2012.Description: xx, 324 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9788180698743
  • 8180698742
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 343.54071 23
LOC classification:
  • KNS982.3.A67 N38 2009
Contents:
Contents: 1. Introduction; Section I-Consumer policy and law; 2. Consumerism and consumer protection Act; 3. Working of consumer disputes redressal agencies; 4. Perception of presidents and members of the District forums in Jharkhand; 5. Emerging issues in consumer protection: An interface between consumer protection Act and the competition Act; 6. Alternative disputes resolution and consumer disputes redressal machinery; 7. Consumerism in Manipur: An overview; 8. Strengthening consumer movement; 9. Food standards in India: Need to integrate with international standards; 10. Expanding media market, shrinking consumer choice; Section II-Consumer protection: Case studies; 11. Protecting the rural consumers: Need to reorient policies; 12. Package labelling in India: Impact on consumer welfare; 13. Grievance redressal mechanism: A study of insurance sector; 14. Consumer participation in electricity regulation; 15. Endangered consumers: A case study of bank lok adalat in Delhi; 16. Education as a service under consumer protection Act; 17. Consumer protection and electricity services: A case study of Delhi; 18. Fake products menace: A case study; 19. Role of VCOs in Consumer Protection: A case study of GOACAN; 20. Consumer rights awareness among women: A case study of Navi Mumbai; 21. Media literacy and the consumer: A critical study.
Summary: Papers presented at the National Seminar on "Consumer Protection in India : Lessons Learnt and Future Challenges", held at New Delhi in November 2009.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
1. Introduction;

Section I-Consumer policy and law;
2. Consumerism and consumer protection Act;
3. Working of consumer disputes redressal agencies;
4. Perception of presidents and members of the District forums in Jharkhand;
5. Emerging issues in consumer protection: An interface between consumer protection Act and the competition Act;
6. Alternative disputes resolution and consumer disputes redressal machinery;
7. Consumerism in Manipur: An overview;
8. Strengthening consumer movement;
9. Food standards in India: Need to integrate with international standards;
10. Expanding media market, shrinking consumer choice;

Section II-Consumer protection: Case studies;
11. Protecting the rural consumers: Need to reorient policies;
12. Package labelling in India: Impact on consumer welfare;
13. Grievance redressal mechanism: A study of insurance sector;
14. Consumer participation in electricity regulation;
15. Endangered consumers: A case study of bank lok adalat in Delhi;
16. Education as a service under consumer protection Act;
17. Consumer protection and electricity services: A case study of Delhi;
18. Fake products menace: A case study;
19. Role of VCOs in Consumer Protection: A case study of GOACAN;
20. Consumer rights awareness among women: A case study of Navi Mumbai;
21. Media literacy and the consumer: A critical study.

Papers presented at the National Seminar on "Consumer Protection in India : Lessons Learnt and Future Challenges", held at New Delhi in November 2009.