Sakshi Education
On March 15, 2020, World Consumer Rights Day was celebrated globally to protect the rights of consumers. The purpose of this day is to raise people's awareness of consumer needs and rights, and to ensure that they will not suffer from social injustice or market abuse that may undermine their rights.
- Countries around the world commemorate World Consumer Rights Day by holding human rights conferences and discussing various ways to protect consumer rights.
- World Consumer Rights Day was commemorated for the first time on March 15, 1983. Since then, this day of the year has been called World Consumer Rights Day.
- The theme of World Consumer Rights Day (2019) is "Trusted Smart Products". This theme emphasizes consumer demand for IoT products such as smart phones and wearable devices. The theme of World Consumer Rights Day 2020 is "Sustainable Consumers".
- Parliament passed the Consumer Protection Act 2019 in the month of August 2019 which replaces the 1986 Consumer Protection Act. India celebrates December 24th every year as National Consumer Day.
- The inspiration for World Consumer Rights Day came from US President John F Kennedy. He sent a special message to the US Congress on March 15, 1962, in which he formally talked about consumer rights.
- The consumer movement originally set this date in 1983 and at present uses this day every year to mobilize action on important issues and activities.
- Theme for 2021 is: Tackle Plastic Pollution.
Published date : 16 Mar 2021 03:56PM
