Peeved by the frequent adjournments and delay in disposing of the cases by the consumer forums, activists held an interaction programme in the city on Saturday to ensure ‘’effective functioning’’ of the Consumer Redressal Commissions.
The programme was conducted by the Mysore Grahakara Parishath (MGP) in association with Bahadur Institute of Management Studies and it was resolved to send suggestions to the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs Pyiush Goyal for effective functioning of the commissions by fixing a time frame for disposal of cases besides holding the presidents of the forums accountable.
D.Anand, Chairman, Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences, said that despite education and awareness about consumerism, a majority of the people as consumers and stakeholders are not aware of their rights. He said even if there was awareness of rights, there was no information on how to go about securing it and hence the consumers suffer silently when exploited by unscrupulous businessmen or unethical trade practices.
