This blog brings you the 10 best Consumer Awareness Project or Consumer Rights Project for class 10 students.
Many of the Consumer Rights projects on google and other platforms are charging fee from the students. Also, some of them are even using cheap tricks for subscribing their youtube channels in return of PDFs.
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Everyone has a necessity in life, and everyone has to buy some goods or services in daily life. Hence everyone is consumer is one or other way.
In the era of capitalism, main motive of producers and sellers is maximum profit. Therefore, in the fulfillment of their goals, there interest of the consumer are exploited by unfair trade practices.
Thus in order to save consumer being cheated, it is very much necessary for a consumer to be aware of his rights. To sum up, consumer awareness must be a necessary practice of every consumer.
Consumer awareness is the knowledge required by the end-user before buying goods and services. It is to make sure that consumer is aware of his rights and duties. Thus, to avoid consumer exploitation.
Sellers exploit consumers by underweight, overpricing, malpractice, selling duplicate products etc.,
Manufacturers exploit consumers by misleading advertisements. Hence consumer awareness shields the consumer from manufactures and sellers.
Everyone has right to get quality goods and services. Thus attaining maximum satisfaction of consumer. Because of unfair trade practices by the sellers and manufactures, consumers are often exploited. Hence Consumer awareness is necessary to overcome from exploitation.
Consumer awareness makes every consumer to avoid unnecessary expenses. Because of which consumers are not attracted by misleading calls, ads, etc and thus saving money.
In India, consumers are cheated due to illiteracy, innocence and lack of information. Therefore making every consumer aware of their right is necessary. Thus eradicating the consumer illiteracy.
If every consumer in the society is aware of their rights and duties. It leads to healthy and literate society. Thus making it impossible for anyone to cheat.
Consumer is person or group of persons, who is end-user of the goods and services. In other words, any individual or group of persons, who buys product for their personal use and not for resale.
Hence, consumer is decision maker whether or not to buy an item at the store. He/She is often influenced by advertisements and marketing.
Example: Ram buying Mobile phones from online shopping site.
Consumer exploitation is the critical situation in which a consumer is cheated/given false information. More often, by the sellers, middle men or the producers. They manipulate the market in many ways. Since they have huge wealth and power.
Manufactures have profit motive. Hence the devices are cheap and lack the safety.
Sellers quite often charge price higher than the price prevailing in the market. Because of the urgency and ignorance of the consumers.
Consumers are willing to buy at affordable prices. Thus, producers reduce the quality of goods and services by unfair practices. Hence, many of the duplicate products are available in market.
Example: Adulteration of food items like ghee, milk etc.,
Through hoarding and black marketing, sellers indulge themselves in artificial scarcity of goods. Hoarding is temporary method of storing very large quantities of goods during low prices and selling them once the prices are high.
Producers/Sellers provide false and incomplete information on the products, which leads to consumer exploitation.
10 Major guidelines which are widely followed by most member nations of UN are
Historically consumer welfare dates back to the vedic age.
Four types of offenses in vedic age are
In Kautilya’s Arthashastra and Manusmriti, Consumer Protection occupies a prominent Place.
Consumer movement in India started in early 1960s. In 1970s consumer organization were formed to look into malpractices in “Fair Price Shops”.
Example: Adulteration of food items like ghee, edible oils, milk etc.,
2. No legal systems available to consumers to protect themselves from exploitation.
3. It is the responsibility of the consumer to be aware while buying.
COPRA is an act of the parliament of India enacted in 1986 to protect the interests of consumers in India. It was amended in 2019.
This act is like a weapon in the hands of consumers to fight against exploitation by manufacturers and sellers.
In addition, it sets various rules and regulations for consumers, sellers and producers in India. Also, it provides provisions to establish various institutions like Consumer Courts, Central Consumer Protection Authority.
This act is regarded as Magna Carta in the field of consumer protection. Also, it checks unfair trade practices, defective goods and deficiency in services in India. It has empowered consumers to a great extent.
This right ensures the consumers from hazardous goods and services which may cause harm.
Consumer must be informed about the quality, quantity, purity, standard and price of goods and services.
Consumers have the right to choose from various goods and services at competitive prices.
This right ensures that consumer interest’s are concerned at appropriate fora if consumer has grievance.
Consumers have the right to redress against unfair trade practices like adulteration, black marketing etc.,
It is the right of consumer to know and informed about various standards, marks, institutions, and polices established by the government. Thus, making the consumer more confident while buying.
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If the value of the claim is upto Rs.50 Lakh.
If the value of the claim is between Rs.50 Lakh and Rs.2 Crore. And appeal against the orders of the district forums can be filed in state forum.
If the value of the claim is above Rs.2 Crore. And appeal against the orders of the state forums can be filed in national forum.
24th December every year is observed as National Consumer Day as the COPRA 1986 was enacted on this day.
On 15th March 1962, US President John F Kennedy raised the issue of consumer rights. Hence 15th March every year is observed as World Consumer Rights Day.
It is a consumer awareness program launched by Government of India in 2005. This program create consumer awareness through print media, poster, audio and video campaigns for consumer information and education. Thus, making sure that every consumer is aware of their rights and responsibilities.
Consumers can easily complain about their grievances on NCH by four ways
It is the responsibility of Consumer to be aware of prices, quantity and quality of goods and services.
To ensure that consumer gets a fair deal, he/she must be assertive.
Also, it is the responsibility of consumer to join hands and raise voice in their interest.
It is the responsibility of consumer to be aware of the impact of purchased items
Consumer must be responsible about the consequences on environment. He /She should recognize our social responsibility to conserve natural resources.
| Name | Abbreviation | Standards Organization | Product Category |
| ISI Mark | Indian Standards Institution | Bureau of Indian Standards | Industrial Products |
| AGMARK | Agriculture Mark | Directorate of Marketing and Inspection | Agriculture Products |
| BIS HALLMARK | Bureau of Indian Standards | Bureau of Indian Standards | Gold and Silver Ornaments |
| FPO Mark | Fruit Products Order | Ministry of Food processing industries | Processed food products |
| Non Polluting vehicle Mark | Non Polluting vehicle Mark | Central Pollution Control Board | Automobiles |
| FSSAI | Food Safety and Standards Authority of India | Ministry of Health and family welfare | Food Products |
| ISO Mark | International Organization for Standradisation | Most Products | |
| Veg and Non Veg Marks | Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian Marks | Ministry of Health and family welfare | Food Products |
| Silk Mark | Silk Board of India | Silk products | |
| Wool Mark | Ministry of Textiles | Wool Products | |
| Handloom Mark | Ministry of Textiles | Handloom Products | |
| Recycling Mark | Ministry of EFCC | Recyclable materials | |
| BEE Label | Bureau of Energy Efficiency | Ministry of Power | Electrical Appliances |
1. Do you examine the expiry date of food items and medicines while buying?
2. Have you ever filed a case in consumer court?
3. Are you aware of consumer courts ?
4. Have you ever come across food adulteration ?
5. Do you check MRP before buying items?
6. Do you check the prices of goods you buy from other sources?
7. Have you ever cross checked the weights of the products you bought?
8. Have you compared the prices of product online?
9. Have you ever taught consumer rights to family/neighbors?
10. Have you complained to product supplier or store?
Consumer International is world wide federation comprising of consumer groups. This organization serves as global voice and forum for consumer concerns.
To sum up, every consumer must check the price, quality and quantity of the products before purchase. If the goods and services are defective, he/she should raise the voice with this regard.
In addition, if consumer is aware of their rights and responsibilities then he/she is less likely to get exploited. Thus every consumer should know about their six consumer rights and complain in case of grievance.
Therefore, every consumer must know about certification marks, consumer groups and organizations, which avoids consumer exploitation.
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