Kohima: President of the Nagaland Voluntary Consumers Organisation (NVCO) and National First Prize Award recipient Kezhokhoto Savi wished every consumer ‘Good Day’ on the “National Consumer Day”, on Thursday.
He also appealed to remain alert while buying goods and availing services at all times by remembering the great slogan “An alert consumer is an asset to the Nation.”
In a statement, the NVCO said every year December 24 is observed as ‘National Consumer Day’ and the significance of this day is that on this day in the year 1986, the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, had received the assent of the President of India.
The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 is considered to be a historic milestone in the consumer movement in the country.
Every year the observance of this day provides an opportunity for highlighting the importance of the consumer movement and the need to make the consumer more aware of their rights and responsibilities.
The awareness of consumer rights and duties is more important in rural areas and the responsibility for this rests with all of us, and more particularly with the Government agencies.
The NVCO said that the State Government has to play a vital role for promoting welfare of consumers and protection of their rights. (UNI)
However, the state government agencies fails in many areas such as controling prices during the Hornbill festival, night bazaar and Christmas season, to control the illegal collection of cash at Nagaland Police check-gates and on highways which contributes price-rise in the market, backdoor appointments, corruption in vaious ways and others.
State government also failed in handling cases of unfair means of practices by the butchers, human rights violation, selling expiry goods, removal of original price tag like motor parts and all these wrong doings are amounting to consumer rights exploitation. (UNI)
