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Lok Sabha passes consumer protection bill
Updated On: 30 July, 2019 06:16 PM IST | | PTI
The bill protects the interests of consumers and setting up of authorities for timely and effective administration and settlement of consumer disputes
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Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which seeks to strengthen rights of consumers and
provides a mechanism for redressal of complaints regarding defects in goods and deficiency in services.
The Consumer Protection Bill 2018 provides for protection of interests of consumers and setting up of authorities for timely and effective administration and settlement of consumer disputes.
Speaking on the bill, Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan stressed that the overall purpose of the legislation is to ease the process of addressing grievances of consumers.
The bill, which will replace the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, was passed in the lower house after all the amendments moved by opposition were negated.
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