----------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- GOACAN to highlight the need for Consumer Literacy during its Awareness Week from 19th to 25th June. ---------------------------------------------------- GOACAN is observing a Consumer Rights Awareness Week from 19th to 25th June. The week long program which seeks to address the lack of awareness on consumer rights, the complaint procedures and redressal mechanisms will end on 25th June on the occasion of State Consumers Rights Day.
During the week 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 during the week are the Electricity & Telephone complaints during the monsoons, Home Delivery, computerised billing & Mechanical Safety Check for LPG connections, compulsory issue of bus tickets, 50% concession on bus fare and identity cards for all students. GOACAN will also promote consumer participation in the effective use of Primary Health Centres, formation of Housing Societies by flat owners, Garbage management, Food & Medicine Safety, Disaster Management and prevention of Vector borne Diseases. In order to draw public and media attention to consumer issues visits will be organised by the village based Consumer Forums and campus based Consumer Welfare Clubs to supermarkets, grocery stores, pharmacies and other shops to check the implementation of consumer rights. Consumer Forum activists will also organise "phone in's" with the Commercial Tax, Legal Metrology, Food & Drug Administration, Civil Supplies, Transport and other consumer related Departments as well as promote the benefits of the Consumer Protection Act 1986. 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 be highligted during this week. 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 week. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- -- This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active!
