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Central Consumer Protection Authority issued Notice to e-commerce entities offering for sale Pressure Cookers in violation of compulsory BIS Standards.

Background

• The CCPA has started a nationwide campaign to prevent tshe sale of spurious and counterfeit goods that violate
• Quality Control Orders released by the Central Government.
• The Authority has issued directions to the District Collectors to investigate unfair trade practices and violation of consumer rights concerning the manufacture or sale of such goods.
• The identified daily use goods are helmets, pressure cookers and cooking gas cylinders.

Central Consumer Protection Authority

• The Central Consumer Protection Authority was established in July 2020 as per provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
• The objective of the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) is to promote, protect and
  enforce the rights of consumers as a class.
• It investigates violations of consumer rights and institutes complaints/prosecutions, orders recall of unsafe goods/services, orders the discontinuation of unfair trade practices and misleading advertisements, and imposes penalties.