Consumer Protection — Flashcards

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Consumer protection refers to the steps necessary to be taken or measures required to be accepted to protect consumers from business malpractices. It helps consumers get safety, fairness, and remedies…

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Consumer protection is needed because consumers are often helpless against unfair business practices. They may be misled by advertisements, receive defective goods, or suffer from poor services. Many …

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The three parties are consumers, businessmen, and government. Consumers should protect their own interests, businessmen should follow fair practices, and government should make and enforce laws for co…

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Consumers should be aware of their rights, use those rights, and not depend only on the good sense of businessmen. They should also attend consumer training programmes and learn about remedies availab…

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Adulteration means adding something inferior to a product being sold. It may be harmful or simply of lower quality. For example, edible oil, spices, tea leaves, petrol, and other goods may be adultera…

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Spurious products are fake goods that have little or no value instead of the real product. They are often found in medicines, drugs, and health care products, where the item sold is not the genuine on…

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False weights and measures are used when traders cheat buyers by giving less quantity, length, or weight than what is claimed. This can happen with vegetables, cereals, fabrics, or packaged goods. Eve…

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Duplicate goods are goods that carry a mark or name suggesting superior quality, but they are not truly what they claim to be. Such goods may be locally made and sold as imported items, or they may us…