Social Science [2 Marks Each] QUE-ANS

Farmers, manufacturers, traders and everyone involved in the transport service, all earn in the process of goods, reaching from manufacturer to the customer.

In India, in the post-independence period, the farmers were exploited in the absence of proper system of sale of farm products. To prevent the exploitation of farmers, a government created controlled market means marketing yards (Agriculture Product Market Committees).

At present, the countries of the world are mutually connected through the trade. In addition, we stay connected to the global market through the market around us and the online market. Thus, it can be said that, in the present time, the whole world is a single market.

While buying clothes, the fabric of the garment, its colour, stitching, embroidery measurement-size, etc. should be checked.

According to this right, a customer is given right to get a proper consumer education to be aware of all matters and things associated with customer's interests.

According to this right, the customer can get redressal of grievances against defective goods, defective service or harassment due to fraud and appropriate compensation for the damages caused.

According to this right, a customer can make appropriate representations of his problems to the consumer protection board associated with the interests of the customer.

According to this right, a customer can get all the necessary informations related to the goods or services at the time of buying goods or services.

A person who receives goods or services for his own use by paying money from a trader, shopkeeper, organization or person is called a 'customer'. Customers are given the following rights under the 'Consumer Protection Act - 1986':

The government enacted the Consumer Protection Act in 1986 AD. The main objective of this Act is to make provisions for consumers to receive high quality goods and services as well as to protect the rights and interests of consumers.

Due to the current market system, the customer suffers from the deception ini terms of quality of goods, quantity of goods, price of goods and after purchase service, etc.

Customers buy their necessities and luxury items from a variety of markets. Therefore, as a customer their main rights are to check the quality and price of the itern, to choose the item, to get full refund of money. etc.

A small shopkeeper does retail business with less money and makes very little profit in that trade; while big shopkeeper trades in a mall or shopping complex by investing more money and makes more profit.

In online shopping companies sell items at cheaper rates than the market price by giving higher returns to the customers directly and also deliver the purchased items directly to the customer's home. So online shopping is being used increasingly.

Agricultural Produce Market Committee has been established in every taluka center of Gujarat with the objective of ensuring that farmers do not become the prey of irregularities in the sale of their crops and also get fair prices for their products so that they can become economically prosperous.

A market which is held on a certain day during the week is called a 'Weekly Market. Example : The weekly market held on every Saturday is called the Saturday market.

The items such as vegetables, fruits, soap, toothpaste, spices, bread, biscuits, grains, lentils, rice, clothes, books, notebooks, pens- pencils, shoes-socks, mobile phones, televisions, bicycles, refrigerators, etc. are mainly sold in the market.