Consumer Rights Test - 7

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted in 1986 to protect the interests of consumers in India. It makes provision for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumers' disputes and for matters connected therewith also.

Pressure cookers have a safety valve which, if is defective can cause a serious accident the manufacturers of the safety valve have to ensure high quality.

We find bad quality products in the market because the supervision of the rules is weak and consumer movement is also not strong enough.

Consumers have the right to be informed about the particulars of goods and services they purchase consumers can then complaint and ask for compensation or replacement if the product proves to be defective in any manner.

In October 2005, the government of India enacted a law, popularly known as RTI (Right to Information Act) which ensures its citizens all the information about the functions of government department.

The government of India enacted a law, popularly known as RTI (Right to Information Act) which ensures its citizens all the information about the functions of government department.

Any consumer who receives a service in whatever capacity regardless of age, gender and nature of service has the right to choose whether to continue to receive the service.

The BIS hallmark is a hallmarking system for gold as well as silver jewellery sold in India certifying the purity of the metal. It certifies that the piece of jewellery confirms to a set of standards laid by the Bureau of Indian Standards, the national standards organization of India.

The name ISI is an abbreviation of Indian Standards Institute, the former name of the Bureau of Indian Standards. The ISI mark is mandatory for certain products to be sold in India, like many of the electrical appliances[2] like switches, electric motors, wiring cables, heaters, kitchen appliances etc., and other products like Portland cement, LPG valves, LPG cylinders, etc. In the case of most other products it is voluntary to put an ISI mark.

ISI mark is a certification mark for industrial products in India. The mark certifies that a product confirms to the Indian Standard, mentioned as CM/L-xxxxxxx on top of the mark, developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)