online coverage - idsa
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ONLINE COVERAGE
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website delhi-news-blog.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra
Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging
Digital Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the
government touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform,
Consumer complaints redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In
today’s digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct
Selling. The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these
industries in the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer
Day event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted
by the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a
priority for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer
Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill
has provision of establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating
faster consumer redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek
Katoch, Chairman, IDSA.
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The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
URL http://delhi-news-blog.blogspot.in/2018/01/idsa-partners-and-participate-in.html
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website punjab-mail.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
14 January, 2018
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging
Digital Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the
government touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform,
Consumer complaints redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In
today’s digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct
Selling. The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these
industries in the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer
Day event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted
by the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a
priority for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer
Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill
has provision of establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating
faster consumer redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek
Katoch, Chairman, IDSA.
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The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
URL: http://punjab-mail.blogspot.in/2018/01/idsa-partners-and-participate-in.html
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website Porbandar-express.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha,
Secretary General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The
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Bill has provision of establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman, IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
URL- http://porbandar-express.blogspot.in/2018/01/idsa-partners-and-participate-
in.html
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website ratnagiri-chya.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha,
Secretary General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
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“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website apli-punya-nagari.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha,
Secretary General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
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The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
http://apli-punya-nagari.blogspot.in/2018/01/idsa-partners-and-participate-in.html
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website news--mall.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
January 14, 2018
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha,
Secretary General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
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The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
http://news--mall.blogspot.in/2018/01/idsa-partners-and-participate-in.html
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Date 18-01-2018
Portal/Website kolhapur-nagari.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations January 14, 2018
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha,
Secretary General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
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2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
URL- http://kolhapur-nagari.blogspot.in
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website delhi-capital-mirror.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations January 14, 2018
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha,
Secretary General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
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for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://delhi-capital-mirror.blogspot.in/2018/01/idsa-partners-and-participate-in.html
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website khabar-bihar.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha,
Secretary General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
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establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
http://khabar-bihar.blogspot.in/2018/01/idsa-partners-and-participate-in.html
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website news-of-mayanagari.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha,
Secretary General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
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2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
http://news-of-mayanagari.blogspot.in/2018/01/idsa-partners-and-participate-in.html
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website news-of-manali.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha,
Secretary General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
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2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
http://news-of-manali.blogspot.in/2018/01/idsa-partners-and-participate-in.html
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website national-media-communique.blogspot.in
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha,
Secretary General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
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2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
http://national-media-communique.blogspot.in/2018/01/idsa-partners-and-participate-
in.html
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website medium.com/@nationalmediacommunique.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
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establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://medium.com/@nationalmediacommunique.com/idsa-partners-and-participate-
in-maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations-8d6ce1f0d794
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Date 14-01-2018
Portal/Website medium.com/@nationalmediacommunique.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
![Page 29: ONLINE COVERAGE - IDSA](https://reader030.vdocuments.site/reader030/viewer/2022013015/61d092a7e1a7dd43e0548da7/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://medium.com/@nationalmediacommunique.com/idsa-partners-and-participate-
in-maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations-8d6ce1f0d794
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Date 15-01-2018
Portal/Website scoop.it/t/national-media
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
![Page 31: ONLINE COVERAGE - IDSA](https://reader030.vdocuments.site/reader030/viewer/2022013015/61d092a7e1a7dd43e0548da7/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://www.scoop.it/t/national-media
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Date 15-01-2018
Portal/Website scoop.it/t/national-media
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
![Page 33: ONLINE COVERAGE - IDSA](https://reader030.vdocuments.site/reader030/viewer/2022013015/61d092a7e1a7dd43e0548da7/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://www.scoop.it/t/national-media
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Date 15-01-2018
Portal/Website nationalmediacommunique.tumblr.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
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2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://nationalmediacommunique.tumblr.com/
Date 15-01-2018
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Portal/Website gandhinagarvarta.tumblr.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primaryconsumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
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2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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participate-in-maharashtra
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Date 15-01-2018
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IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
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2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bil l
2018 paves way for the same.
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maharashtra
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Date 15-01-2018
Portal/Website kochi-age.tumblr.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary
consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority for all
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Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in
the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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maharashtra
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Date 15-01-2018
Portal/Website madras-times.tumblr.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
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“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://madras-times.tumblr.com/post/169722930421/idsa-partners-and-participate-
in-maharashtra
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Date 15-01-2018
Portal/Website rajkot-patrika.tumblr.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
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“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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Date 15-01-2018
Portal/Website madras-times.tumblr.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
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“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://madras-times.tumblr.com/post/169722930421/idsa-partners-and-participate-
in-maharashtra
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Date 15-01-2018
Portal/Website khabar-chandigarh.tumblr.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
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“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://khabar-chandigarh.tumblr.com/post/169722937984/idsa-partners-and-
participate-in-maharashtra
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Date 15-01-2018
Portal/Website udaipur-patrika.tumblr.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
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strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://udaipur-patrika.tumblr.com/post/169722934996/idsa-partners-and-participate-
in-maharashtra
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Date 15-01-2018
Portal/Website srinagar-varta.tumblr.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
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“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://srinagar-varta.tumblr.com/post/169722936406/idsa-partners-and-participate-
in-maharashtra
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Date 15-01-2018
Portal/Website varansai-varta.tumblr.com
IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
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establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
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establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://flash--news.tumblr.com/post/169723051866/idsa-partners-and-participate-in-
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Date 15-01-2018
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IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
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2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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maharashtra
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Date 15-01-2018
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IDSA partners and participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
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for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
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for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
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for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations/
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
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establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://agrametro.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/idsa-partners-participate-in-
maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations/
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
![Page 69: ONLINE COVERAGE - IDSA](https://reader030.vdocuments.site/reader030/viewer/2022013015/61d092a7e1a7dd43e0548da7/html5/thumbnails/69.jpg)
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://chennaisuperfast.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/idsa-partners-participate-in-
maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations/
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Date 16-01-2018
Portal/Website teatimenewsblog.wordpress.com
IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
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establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://teatimenewsblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/idsa-partners-participate-in-
maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations/
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
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for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA PARTNERS & PARTICIPATE IN MAHARASHTRA CONSUMER DAY CELEBRATIONS
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
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“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations/
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
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strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://pinkcityonline.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/idsa-partners-participate-in-
maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations/
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
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“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://himachalsamacharblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/idsa-partners-participate-
in-maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations/
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
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for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://haridwarsamachar.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/idsa-partners-participate-in-
maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations/
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
![Page 83: ONLINE COVERAGE - IDSA](https://reader030.vdocuments.site/reader030/viewer/2022013015/61d092a7e1a7dd43e0548da7/html5/thumbnails/83.jpg)
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://mathuralocal.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/idsa-partners-participate-in-
maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations/
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
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“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://kanpurexpress.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/idsa-partners-participate-in-
maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations/
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
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establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://ansuninews.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/idsa-partners-participate-in-
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA partners & participate in Maharashtra Consumer Day celebrations
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
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2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
https://punerikhabar.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/idsa-partners-participate-in-
maharashtra-consumer-day-celebrations/
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Date 16-01-2018
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IDSA PARTNERS & PARTICIPATE IN MAHARASHTRA CONSUMER DAY CELEBRATIONS
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) proudly partnered and participated in ‘National Consumer
Day’ celebrations, held in Mumbai on 9th January 2018. Organized by Maharashtra State Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, the conference was themed around Emerging Digital
Markets: Issues & Challenges in Consumer Protection’. During this one-day events, the government
touched upon the issues such as misleading advertisements on digital platform, Consumer complaints
redressal mechanism and need to protect consumers in the digital era.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the Chief Guest at the event, said “In today’s
digital world, new avenues of distribution models are emerging such as e-commerce & Direct Selling.
The Department of Consumer Protection is working on a mechanism to regulate these industries in
the interest of consumers”.
Principal Secretary for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Mahesh Pathak said that the
Department is developing an online portal to address the complaints related to the Direct Selling
distribution model and thanked IDSA and FICCI for lending support in developing the portal. Pathak
also appreciated the efforts of IDSA in helping the Department organizing the National Consumer Day
event.
“Direct Selling has emerged as a popular non-store retail model for the consumers to buy products.
However, in the past, a lot of fraudulent players operated under the garb of Direct Selling, duping
consumers of their hard-earned money, thus bringing bad name for the legitimate Direct Selling
Industry. The Central Guidelines has now drawn a clear distinction between legitimate Direct Selling
and fraudulent players, bringing much relief for the Industry. These Guidelines have been adopted by
the states of Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh and we have now requested the
Maharashtra Government to also issue the Guidelines in the state,” said Amit Chadha, Secretary
General, IDSA.
On 5th January 2018, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas
Paswan tabled the Consumer Protection Bill 2018 in the Parliament, taking a giant step towards a
strong National level consumer protection policy. The new Bill, has provision for redressal of
complaints regarding the defect in goods and deficiency in services.
“Direct Selling is a business run by the consumers, for the consumers as the Direct Sellers are the
primary consumers as well. In this context, safeguarding the interest of consumers has been a priority
for all Direct Selling entities. Central Consumer Affairs Ministry tabling the Consumer Protection Bill
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2018 in the Parliament is the apt step forward towards consumer protection. The Bill has provision of
establishing an authority to safeguard the interest of the consumers and facilitating faster consumer
redressal mechanism, an utmost necessity in the current scenario,” opined Vivek Katoch, Chairman,
IDSA.
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, for a long, has been stressing upon the
need of a strong and exhaustive Consumer Protection Mechanism and the Consumer Protection Bill
2018 paves way for the same.
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