National Consumer Day

National Consumer Day

National Consumer Day is observed every year on 24 December. On this day in 1986, the Consumer Protection Act 1986 received the assent of the President and thus came into force. The Act aims to provide effective safeguards to consumers against various forms of exploitation, such as defective goods, deficiency in services and unfair trade practices.

The day is an occasion to recognize and protect all rights of consumers as well as to urge them to oppose market abuses and social injustices that threaten those rights.

Consumer Rights

Every person is a consumer, irrespective of his occupation, age, gender, community and religious ideology. Consumer rights and welfare have become an integral part of everyone's life today and we all have used it somewhere in our daily life. “World Consumer Rights Day” is observed every year on 15th March. This was stated in a historic declaration made by former US President John F. Kennedy, in which four fundamental rights have been stated.

• Right to security
• Right to information
• Right to choose
• Locus standi

This declaration finally recognized the fact internationally that all citizens, irrespective of their income or social status, have fundamental rights as consumers. Another notable day is 9th April 1985 when a set of guidelines for consumer protection was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations and the Secretary General of the United Nations called upon member states to adopt these guidelines through policy changes or legislation. given the right to do so.