Family Economics And Consumer Education 3 (2+1)

Lesson 18 : Consumer Movement

Introduction

Consumer movement has become very common in the present day market scenario. Consumer movement has become necessary to safe guard the interest of consumer who are subjected to exploitation by the business men through various methods like high prices, adulteration of consumer goods, under weighing, selling substandard goods etc. Common people lack information about the products quality price, traders malpractices, government measures to protect consumers, consumers rights etc.
Hence consumers associations are formed to help consumers in protecting them from exploitation by providing them necessary information and through collective agitation etc.