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Suggestions regarding action that citizen can take against Misleading Advertisements

Start Date :

Jan 01, 2015

Last Date :

Jan 24, 2015

04:15 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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Any consumer movement can be successful only with the whole-hearted participation by the consumers. All the citizens of the country are consumers in one way or the ...

Any consumer movement can be successful only with the whole-hearted participation by the consumers. All the citizens of the country are consumers in one way or the other. The citizens, therefore, is expected to be pro-active in identifying misleading advertisement, suggest effective measures to tackle such advertisements and are also expected to offer out of the box ideas so that the movement against misleading advertisement can really picks up the desired momentum.

Suggestions are invited regarding action that citizen can take against Misleading Advertisements.

The last date for submission of your comments is 23rd January 2015.

For more information on Misleading Advertisements: http://cdn.mygov.nic.in/bundles/frontendgeneral/pdf/brief-on-misleading-...

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Shashank Anumandla 11 years 8 months ago

Functions of Consumer's Court should be brought to the awareness of the citizens. Good Consumer's Court service help reduce misleading advertisements.

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Shashank Anumandla 11 years 8 months ago

Before making a decision, consumers should dig into the facts of the advertisement. Consumer should ask for backup evidence or written statement of advertisement. Consumer should take time to read or understand the "Terms and Conditions" before making decision. If the advertisement is false, then the company should be dragged to consumer's court.

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Abhiraj Srivastava 11 years 8 months ago

Railway ticket bookings timeperiod should be cut down to 15 days time only as most of the passengers dont plan the journey 2 months back & opening the bookings way back make them dependent on touts to get the ticket. to avoid fake bookings the cancellation charges may be increased upto a significant limit.

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Abhiraj Srivastava 11 years 8 months ago

Transfer of road tax from one state RTO to other RTO : As relocations are very common these days due to frequent job changes, During relocating with vehicle People have to pay the state road tax again & the process to get the same from previous RTO is almost impossible. It could be made simpler if the person is asked to submit only a letter/form to the new RTO to get the road tax transferred from old RTO to new RTO. This will reduce the loss of public money.

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SOUGAIJAM TARUN 11 years 8 months ago

Misleading Advertisement leads to various confusions amongst the people leading them in a wrong path. So various steps should be taken in guiding the general public so that they can judge what is right and what is wrong. Punishment should be given to advertisers who is trying to lead in a wrong way for the sake of earning money. A toll free number should be provided so that anyone can made a complaint against them.

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Kshama Agarwal 11 years 8 months ago

There should forums (both online & offline), where the citizens can lodge complain against such misleading ads. Provision should be there, where such cases are solved on fast-track basis. Punishment should be innovative in nature. Like they have to keep there locality clean. or using the same media, which they have used for misleading ads, they have to acknowledge that the ads were false.

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Aruna Gangu 11 years 8 months ago

I wish our PM and Ministers and all the government staff a happy new year 2015. Advertisements should be checked by the government or any official for approval. In the TV advertisement windows should be banned where all negative is being displayed. Writing on the TV screen should be restricted to only one row. Telecast of the TV programs and advertisements must be approved by a government official or there must be a contact number where we can complain about the advertisement to the official.

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Abhiraj Srivastava 11 years 8 months ago

In the LPG subsidy scheme before transferring sbsidy in accounts a confirmation from consumer should be taken via bank/registered mobile no. by means of security code to ensure that distributor has not linked false bank accounts to misuse the scheme.

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Pradeep Kumar Chaturvedi 11 years 8 months ago

This is a rampant problem in newspaper, inside local trains, on walls along rail tracks, in televison. Government should provide telephone numbers and online complaint platforms where citizens can report misleading advertisements and action against such ads taken against such ads need to be update on the relevant government websites plus government I&B department should inform print and electronic media of such actions thereby setting an example for people who promote such misleading ads.

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Rajashekar Mukkani Jayaramaiah 11 years 8 months ago

I feel there should be an Approval Competent authority to approve Advertisements before Display, if some thing is fake then it should not be Published at all, because the consumer only comes to know that the advertisement is fake, when he is involved in that activity and finds himself cheated. Some of these includes network marketing were people are getting Cheated after investing there money and don't make the chain and then they end up in losing Money.

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