consumer protection

Share and Care (GAF 2019)

CAG identified 2 colleges, Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women and Chevalier T Thomas Elizabeth College for Women, in Chennai. Around 100 interested participants from each college were formed into groups (termed as “sharing groups”) and trained on the concept of sharing and its importance. A sharing group comprised of college students were encouraged to collect and share old clothes and books with others.

A competition was held on making useful materials and the products made by the students were exhibited for sale. A Puppet show on Share and Care was conducted to create awareness among students.

20 women from a low- income community in Royapettah, Chennai who showed interest in tailoring and making accessories, were identified. CAG organised an awareness programme in Royapettah where the community members attended the training program of making sustainable products like bags, wallets, door mats, accessories etc. from old clothes. During this training program a tailoring kit was provided to the community people.

Educate consumers, including the younger generation, on the importance of sharing and sustainable consumption
Promote the concept of sharing among students by encouraging them to form a sharing group, collect used clothes and books to be shared
Encourage students to share used clothes with the needy and books with other students
Conduct competition among students to motivate them to reuse/recycle old clothes. Promote the concept of sharing among members of chosen community
Train the selected women from low income community on reusing/recycling of old clothes by using it as raw material for making bags, purse, etc
Facilitate income generation for the community women by organising sale during awareness programs in colleges

Identified colleges in Chennai and setting up "Sharing Groups"
Select consumers from chosen community in Chennai
Awareness programmes in communities on Sharing concepts
Sharing of old/used clothes among community members
Conduct training programmes
Distribution of tailoring kit
Encourage students to share old cloths and books
Design, print and distribute - Booklet/ Pamphlet on "Sharing community"

To make participants understand about the concept of sharing
To initiate sharing old/used cloths to the needy.
Awareness about generation of waste and upcycle of the products.

A Guide to Smart E-buying

Mon, 10/06/2019 - 11:24

Author

CAG

This booklet gives detailed guidlines to smart E-buying.

Source

CAG

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License as per Source

Waste to Food (GAF 2018)

Citizen consumer and civic Action Group initiated a brief campaign called “Waste to Food '' in Arikamedu, Chennai. The main objective of the campaign is to educate consumers on sustainable consumption, waste management and collective use of compost from common composting units for kitchen gardens, and thus instill the practice of sharing of resources that will contribute to a healthy environment.

Bring about behavioral change among the targeted consumers on consumption habits and waste management, and educate them on the concept of sharing, which will contribute to a healthy environment.

Aware consumers – on sustainable consumption and importance of sharing

Train the community – on waste management in households and composting wet-waste without going to landfills, which will go a long way in protecting the environment

Educate consumers – on collective use of compost from common composting units, for kitchen gardens, to produce organic food

The focus of the campaign is largely in extending support to households in setting up of common waste segregation kits and group gardens. It aims to create awareness and disseminate information around

(i) 20 households from Arikamedu, Chennai with the help of local community catalyst who engage with the community for social work were identified who were willing to develop and maintain kitchen garden through shared waste segregation process.

ii) Awareness programme, in the form of street play

(iii) Information leaflet on management of day to day waste at household level

(iv) Estimated the waste generated and installed composting units of appropriate capacity in common places.

(v) Training was given to the identified 20 women, from 20 households. They were taught to segregate and manage wet waste and dry waste and maintain the composting units.

(vi) Information booklet on sustainable consumption and the concept of sharing

(vii) 2 awareness programs on sustainable consumption and the concept of sharing

(viii) Kitchen garden kit – soil, seeds, manure, etc. for setting up the kitchen garden – Set up the Kitchen garden for 20 households

(ix) Evaluation – survey questionnaire to evaluate the understanding of consumers on sustainable consumption, concept of sharing, managing waste

Increased awareness about the importance of waste segregation and group kitchen gardens.
Increased adoption of group waste segregation practise and kitchen gardens among household consumers.

Maximum Retail Price (MRP) and Over-Charging

Tue, 06/02/2018 - 13:21

Maximum Retail Price (MRP) is a manufacturer-calculated and purposive price. It is the maximum price at which the products can be sold to the customer and is inclusive of all taxes.

Savitha Tirunavukkarasu, Researcher - Consumer Protection