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Suggestions regarding action that citizen can take against Misleading Advertisements

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.

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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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SHANMUGANATHAN B Balasubramaniam
SHANMUGANATHAN B Balasubramaniam 11 years 8 months ago
MISLEADING / UNSCIENTIFIC ADVERTISEMENTS TO BE TREATED AS CRIMINAL OFFENCE / CHEATING & SUITABLE ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST THE PERSONS / ORGANISATIONS WHO RELEASE SUCH MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS & AS SUCH CITIZENS CAN LODGE POLICE COMPLAINTS & IT IS THE ONUS ON THE PART OF ADVERTISERS TO DISPUTE THE CLAIM OF COMPLAINANT. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to state our views / suggestions. Shanmuganathan B / 98948-66843. COIMBATORE ( TN ).
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SHANMUGANATHAN B Balasubramaniam
SHANMUGANATHAN B Balasubramaniam 11 years 8 months ago
MISLEADING / UNSCIENTIFIC ADVERTISEMENTS TO BE TREATED AS CRIMINAL OFFENCE / CHEATING & SUITABLE ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST THE PERSONS / ORGANISATIONS WHO RELEASE SUCH MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to state our views / suggestions. Shanmuganathan B / 98948-66843. COIMBATORE ( TN ).
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uma mohan
uma mohan 11 years 8 months ago
Sir, When an advertisement is printed or shown in tv then it is the responsibility of the newspapers or tv channels to take maximum care before it is advertised.If they dont take this responsibility then its difficult to control misleading advertisements. Secondly the person who advertise should show all the required documents of the business and should get a police clearance certificate (PCC) then the crime level will become low.
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Hemant Prasad
Hemant Prasad 11 years 8 months ago
Govt should setup: 1. A Consumer Complaint system with Online portal & Mobile apps with ability to track complaint progress/status. 2. A tribunal with power to take suo moto cognizance of misleading ads,address consumer complaints in time bound manner and deliver legally-binding judgements (appeal only to HC). 3. Repeat offenders must be punished with heavy penalty and possibly barred to advertise for one year.
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Vijay Balakrishnan
Vijay Balakrishnan 11 years 8 months ago
While I agree that there are provisions for lodging complaints against misleading advertisements the general public lacks awareness in the proceedings of the complaints. This awareness should be spread throughout. The brand ambassadors/ celebrities/ad agencies etc have a responsibility towards the society and should vouch for the products accordingly. Strong penalty should exist if not adhered to standards . All ads should pass the scrutiny of the ad council before publishing (kill at the root)
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janakkumar madhak
janakkumar madhak 11 years 8 months ago
there may be single window system to launch grievances for misleading advertisement and citizens should launch complain for this.
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Manoj K Jain
Manoj K Jain 11 years 8 months ago
For Misleading advt. not only company , but the channels must be also , who are minting the money , for telecasting such advt. The Major fault is of TV channels in electronic media & News papers in Print Media & they must be punished & also to compensate the customers , who get cheated.
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Gaurav Prabhat
Gaurav Prabhat 11 years 8 months ago
every problem has a solution in its creation. so there is no any meaning of new agency for it but consumer should have some right for feed-backing a brand. & most important a team to rate n cross check these ads should form at national level whoose recommendation is necessary for ad promotion on TV or social media
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