‘Consumers should have knowledge of their rights’
The Hindu
‘The need of the hour is to set up a healthy consumer society giving no room for cheating’
Emphasising the need for consumers to have knowledge of their rights, Assistant Commissioner of Dharwad Gopalkrishna B. has said that because of lack of knowledge about consumer laws among general public, they are often cheated by some traders and service providers.
Presiding over a National Consumer Day programme in Dharwad on Friday, he said that as responsible citizens one should have knowledge of basic laws, which, in turn, will prevent them from being cheated. The programme was jointly organised by the Dharwad district administration, Sir Siddappa Kambli Law College, the Food and Civil Supplies Department, the District Legal Services Authority and the District Consumers Grievance Redressal Forum.
Mr. Gopalkrishna said that the need of the hour is to set up a healthy consumer society giving no room for cheating. He asked the officials of the Department Food and Civil Supplies to organise awareness programmes and educate people with the help of non-governmental organisations.