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.
The Consumer Right being reinforced by this proposal is Right to be informed. A consumer has the right to get true and complete information about the quality, quantity, price, contents, expiry date of the goods and services which he intends to buy. This is because of the legal framework in India has made it compulsory to provides all such information on the package of the product.
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.
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?
Who can file a complaint in a consumer court?
State any two relief available to consumers under CPA.
Enumerate the various Acts passed by the Government of India which help in protection of consumers’ interests.
What are various ways in which the objective of consumer protection can be achieved?
Explain the importance of consumer protection from the point of view of a business.
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?
Discuss the importance of training for both employees and organizations.
How would you characterize the business environment? Explain with examples, the difference between general and specific environment.
If planning involves working out details for the future, why does it not ensure success?
What is informal communication?
Lalita wants to buy shares of Akbar Enterprises, through her broker Kushvinder. She has a Demat Account and a bank account for cash transactions in the securities market. Discuss the subsequent steps involved in the screen-based trading for buying and selling of securities in this case.
What is Stock Exchange?
State the meaning of controlling.
What is the primary objective of financial management?
Decentralisation is an optional policy. Explain why an organisation would choose to be decentralised.
Discuss the role of intermediaries in the distribution of consumer non-durable products.