----------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN to observe a Consumer Rights Awareness Fortnight ---------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN will observe a Consumer Rights Awareness Fortnight from 8th to 22nd March with the theme 'An Enlightened Consumer is an Empowered Consumer'.
The Awareness activity which will begin on the occasion of International Womens Day will cover the World Consumer Rights Day on 15th March and will conclude on World Water Day. During the fortnight efforts will be made to encourage women consumers to assert their rights and pursue remedies. In collaboration with the Goa Womens Forum, Mahila Mandals, Self Help Groups and Anganwadi workers will be contacted with messages of consumer rights. Special focus will be laid on combating Food Adulteration and ensuring Medicine Safety. The theme of the World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) 2010 'Our Money, our Rights' will be promoted by the Consumer Forum volunteers with a focus on combating the frauds and scams in banking, investments and financial services. GOACAN as part of the awareness fortnight will also highlight the theme of the World Water Day 'Importance of water quality' in its campaign to get consumers to be actively involved at the neighbourhood and village level. Consumer Forum volunteers will organise a 'phone in' with the Departments of Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Legal Metrology, Food & Drug Administration, Reserve Bank of India, Goa Police Economic Offences Cell, Public Works Department and the Water Resources Department During the fortnight consumer forum volunteers will publicize the official email, telephone & fax numbers of the various departments at the local & State level, highlight the redressal avenues available such as the Consumer Conciliation Committee, District Consumer Redressal Forums and Public Grievance Redressal officers at the Taluka and District level. Awareness messages will also be circulated to Schools, HSS and Colleges through the Consumer Welfare Clubs for the benefit of the students and teachers. Consumers are requested to send copies of their suggestions/ consumer complaints by post to GOACAN Post Box 187, Margao Goa 403 601 or by email to [email protected] during this fortnight. ---------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ---------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ---------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: [email protected] Visit: http://goacan.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------
