CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Consumer Rights Day – 15th March:
- The consumer movement marks 15th March with World Consumer Rights Day every year, as a means of raising global awareness about consumer rights and needs.
- This year the International Consumer Rights Day will be celebrated on the theme of “Fair Digital Finance.”
- The Department of Consumer Affairs will commemorate this day with multiple events being held in New Delhi.
- World Consumer Rights Day was inspired by President John F Kennedy, who sent a special message to the US Congress on 15th March 1962, in which he formally addressed the issue of consumer rights.
