Agartala, Sep 30, 2024, TRIPURA TIMES Desk

Agartala, Sept 30: Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Monday stressed the need for raising more awareness on the Consumer Protection Act.

With the changing times, the scope of business has expanded, and consumer protection has become inevitable, he said at an event in Agartala.

He was addressing a state-level consumer awareness seminar and launch of Consumer Clubs in100 schools and 18 colleges organized by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs department at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan.

The Chief Minister also handed over smart ration cards to a few consumers and launched free distribution of Maida, Sooji and Sugar through PDS for the upcoming Durga Puja. As decided by the Food department, the Chief Minister launched distribution of puja grants of Rs. 2000 to the workers.

Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Sushanta Chowdhury, Justice Arindam Lodh of the High Court of Tripura and president of Tripura State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Mayor Dipak Majumder, Special Secretary to Food department Ravel Hamendra Kumar, Director Nirmal Adhikary and other officials were present.

The Chief Minister advised the consumers to collect cash memo in case of any purchase so that they could easily avail legal benefit. He also emphasized the importance of such awareness programmes in educating the people regarding relevant matters including fraud in online purchase.

Justice Lodh appreciated the initiative in view of raising awareness on the Consumer Protection Act in this digital era.

Chowdhury in his address said, small in size, Tripura holds a significant position in the country in terms of PDS. He highlighted the initiative of digitizing the PDS and other plans to further strengthen this sector.