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Online Retailers to Come Under Consumer Protection Law

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In the wake of getting a few complaints against online retailers in India for claimed unfair practices, the consumer affairs department has moved a cabinet proposal to bring such organizations under the Consumer Protection Law. The issue goes ahead heels after the Union Food Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan's late statement, "There was have to inform online shoppers in India about their rights and how to discover legal response for their complaints." According to Trak.in report, in the cabinet note, a proposal has been made to set up Consumer Protection Authority that will post for promoting of products that are "risky and unsafe". There will be procurements for item liability actions, for 'unfair contract' to ensure consumers put in an unequal haggling capacity. The board will go about as an autonomous body that will likewise have the obligation of informing consumers about the quality, immaculateness, standard, deluding and tricky commercials by sellers.