Visakhapatnam: Joint Collector stresses on awareness for safe digital transactions
The Hindu
‘Consumer organisations should educate women through social media’
Joint Collector M. Venugopal Reddy has called upon citizens to increase their awareness on security of digital transactions and safeguarding of information.
He released a special issue of ‘Janam’, a monthly magazine on consumer rights and consumer protection laws, on the occasion of World Consumer Day at the Collectorate, here on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Venugopal Reddy said that financial institutions should be prepared to adopt safeguards in view of the emerging challenges in the market. He said that women, especially those in the rural areas, were less aware of the digital financial transactions, compared to their male counterparts. He called upon consumer organisations to educate women in this regard through social media like WhatsApp, Telegram, Messenger and YouTube.
District Civil Supply officials Rongali Siva Prasad, G. Suryaprakasa Rao, CEO of District Youth Services department P. Nageswara Rao, Nehru Yuva Kendra official G. Maheswara Rao, Consumer Organisations Federation State president and ‘Janam’ associate editor Kandregula Venkata Ramana, consumer rights activists Y. Ravishankar and B. Jagga Appa Rao participated.
At a separate programme organised at Mrs AVN College, District Supply Officer G. Suryaprakasa Rao said that online users would also come under the purview of Consumer Act. DSO (rural) R. Siva Prasad, College Principal Simhadri Naidu, Deputy Inspector of Schools K. Suvarna and Consumer Organisations Federation president Kandregula Venkata Ramana participated.
The Federation of District Consumer Organisations (FEDCO), an affiliate of the Confederation of AP Consumer Organisations(CAPCO), in association with the Department of Commerce and Management Studies(DCMS), Andhra University, organised a workshop on ‘Food Vigilance’.
CAPCO Chairman H. Lajipathi Rai said that the event was being organised to raise awareness on consumer rights, consumer protection and empowerment of consumers. The theme of International Consumer Rights Day 2022 was ‘Fair Digital Finance’.
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