{"id":7151,"date":"2015-03-25T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/sccblog\/?p=7151"},"modified":"2015-10-14T13:28:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T07:58:30","slug":"portal-for-redressal-of-grievances-against-misleading-advertisements-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/03\/25\/portal-for-redressal-of-grievances-against-misleading-advertisements-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Portal for redressal of grievances against misleading advertisements launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p >On <st1:date month=\"3\" day=\"18\" year=\"2015\" w:st=\"on\">18-03-2015<\/st1:date>, two new initiatives were launched by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in order to enhance consumer awareness and strengthen support services to consumers in the country.<span> These include a dedicated portal to register Grievances Against Misleading Advertisements (GAMA) and Grahak Suvidha Kendras.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><b><u><span>Portal for Grievances Against Misleading Advertisements (GAMA)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p ><span>Considering that consumers are today exposed to large number of misleading advertisements which are dubious or unverified <\/span>and that till date <span>there is no single platform or agency to serve as a central registry for complaints against misleading advertisements, the Department of Consumer Affairs took an initiative to establish a dedicated portal to enable consumers to register their Grievances Against Misleading Advertisements (GAMA), which provides as follows:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul  type=\"disc\">\n<li   ><span>any consumer in any part of      the country can register on this site and can lodge a complaint against      misleading advertisements.&nbsp; <\/span><\/li>\n<li   ><span>ensures that the complaints      are taken up with the relevant authorities in the State or the Central Government      concerned and appropriate action is taken.<\/span><\/li>\n<li   ><span>enables the consumer to be      informed of the action taken by the authorities with respect to their      complaint.<\/span><\/li>\n<li   ><span>the portal will be linked      to all state authorities concerned, select voluntary consumer      organizations in the country and the sector regulators in the Government      of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p ><b><u><span>Grahak Suvidha Kendra<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p ><span>It is a one stop center that will provide a host of services to consumers under one roof, which includes information dissemination, consumer awareness, mediation, grievance redress, assistance in filing complaints before the relevant consumer forum and counseling. 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