Class 12 Business Studies - Chapter Consumer Protection NCERT Solutions | Who can file a complaint in a consumer c

Mrs. Mathur sent a jacket to a laundry shop in January 2018. The jacket was purchased at a price of ₹4,500. She had previously sent the jacket for dry cleaning with Shine Dry Cleaners and the jacket was cleaned well. However, she noticed that her jacket had white discoloration marks when she collected the jacket this time. On informing the dry cleaner, Mrs. Mathur received a letter confirming that discolouration indeed appeared after the jacket was dry cleaned. She contacted the dry cleaner multiple times and requested for compensation for discoloured jacket but to no avail.

Upon Consumer court’s intervention, Shine Dry Cleaners agreed to compensate ₹2,500 to Mrs. Mathur for the discoloured jacket.

a. Which right was exercised by Mrs. Mathur at the first instance.
b. Name and explain the right which helped Mrs. Mathur to avail the compensation.
c. State which consumer responsibility has been fulfilled by Mrs. Mathur in the above case.
d. State any other two responsibilities to be assumed by the consumers.

Under which consumer right does a business firm set up consumer grievance cell?

Explain the redressal mechanism available to consumers under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has made a proposal for hotels and other food outlets to declare the kind of oil/fat used in cooking each of the food items on their menus. Name and explain the Consumer Right being reinforced by this proposal.

Name the component of product mix that helps the consumer to exercise the right to information.

Which quality certification mark is used for agricultural products?

Enumerate the various Acts passed by the Government of India which help in protection of consumers’ interests.

State any two relief available to consumers under CPA.

Explain the importance of consumer protection from the point of view of a business.

What are various ways in which the objective of consumer protection can be achieved?

How does planning provide direction?

What is meant by staffing?

Identify the network of social relationships which arises spontaneously due to interaction at work.

What is informal communication?

State the meaning of controlling.

What is meant by capital structure?v

What is meant by management?

What is a Treasury Bill?

State any two advantages of branding to marketers of goods and services?

What makes principles of management flexible?

Explain the various steps involved in the process of control.

A firm plans in advance and has a sound organisation structure with efficient supervisory staff and control system but on several occasion it finds that plans are not being adhered to. It leads to confusion and duplication of work. Advise remedy.

Explain the importance of organizing in business management.

Explain the techniques of managerial control.

Name any two Specific forces of business environment affecting business.

What is the common name for Beneficiary Owner Account, which is to be opened by the investors for trading in securities?

Examine the relevance of Taylor’s scientific management principles in the service sector.

Why is controlling considered a backward-looking function?

What are the essential features of:
a. Liberalisation,
b. Privatization and
c. Globalisation?

Company X is facing a lot of problems these days. It manufactures white goods like washing machines, microwave ovens, refrigerators and air conditioners. The company’s margins are under pressure and the profits and market share are declining. The production department blames marketing for not meeting sales targets and marketing blames production department for producing goods, which are not of good quality meeting customers’ expectations. The finance department blames both production and marketing for declining return on investment and bad marketing. State the quality of management that the company is lacking? What quality of management do you think the company is lacking? Explain briefly. What steps should the company management take to bring the company back on track?