--------------------------------------------------------**** -------------------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 Consumer Rights Awareness Fortnight from 25th June ------------------------------****------------------------------** ------------- GOACAN is observing a Consumer Rights Awareness Fortnight from 25th June on the occasion of State Consumers Rights Day. The awareness activity during the fortnight seeks to address the lack of awareness on consumer rights, the complaint procedures and redressal mechanisms.
During the fortnight GOACAN will highlight the need for "consumer literacy" so that consumers could make an effort to Read their Rights and Write their Complaints. Among the consumer issues that GOACAN will focus on are the Electricity & Telephone complaints during the monsoons and Home Delivery, Computerised billing & Mechanical Safety Check for LPG connections. GOACAN will also promote consumer participation in the effective use of Primary Health Centres for Food & Medicine Safety, Garbage Management and prevention of Vector borne Diseases. GOACAN alongwith Consumer Forums & Consumer Cells will organise "phone in's" with the Commercial Tax, Legal Metrology, Food & Drug Administration, Civil Supplies, Transport and other consumer related Departments. During the fortnight the official telephone number & email id of the various Departments at the State level, the redressal avenues available such as the Complaint Books, Customer Care Officers, Consumer Conciliation Committee, District Consumer Redressal Forums as well as the benefits of the Consumer Protection Act 1986 will be highlighted. Need for consumers to be vigilant about Doubtful Gift schemes & Investment offers, violations of Packaged Commodities Rules and the ISI mark, sale of fake, spurious & adulterated goods will also be highligted. Consumers are requested to send copies of their consumer complaints by post to GOACAN Complaints Cell, 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: h**ttp://goacan.blogspot.com **------------------------------**----------------------------------- ** **** **
