{"id":93749,"date":"2020-03-21T11:04:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T11:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=93749"},"modified":"2020-03-21T11:04:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T11:04:04","slug":"world-consumer-rights-day-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-consumer-rights-day-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"World Consumer Rights Day, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Consider the following statements regarding  World Consumer Rights Day 2020:<br> (1) World Consumer Rights Day 2020 celebrated on 15 March, 2020.<br> (2) The theme for World Consumer Rights Day 2020, is The Sustainable Consumer.<br> Choose the correct statement:    <\/strong><br> (a) Only (1)<br> (b) Only (2)<br> (c) Both (1) and (2)<br> (d) None of the above<br> <strong>Answer: (c)<br> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>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. <\/li><li>Celebrating the day is a chance to demand that the rights of all consumers are respected and protected, and to protest against market abuses and social injustices which undermine those rights.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the theme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Consumers International has announced that the theme for World Consumer Rights Day 2020, 15 March 2020, will be The Sustainable Consumer. <\/li><li>The campaign will discuss the need for sustainable consumption globally, as well as highlighting the important role that consumer rights and protection can play.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reason of celebration:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>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. <\/li><li>He was the first world leader to do so. <\/li><li>The consumer movement first marked that date in 1983 and now uses the day every year to mobilize action on important issues and campaigns.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumersinternational.org\/what-we-do\/world-consumer-rights-day\/\">https:\/\/www.consumersinternational.org\/what-we-do\/world-consumer-rights-day\/<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumersinternational.org\/what-we-do\/world-consumer-rights-day\/sustainable-consumer-2020\/\">https:\/\/www.consumersinternational.org\/what-we-do\/world-consumer-rights-day\/sustainable-consumer-2020\/<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/information\/story\/world-consumer-rights-day-2020-date-theme-importance-interesting-quotes-1655726-2020-03-15\">https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/information\/story\/world-consumer-rights-day-2020-date-theme-importance-interesting-quotes-1655726-2020-03-15<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Consider the following statements regarding World Consumer Rights Day 2020: (1) World Consumer Rights Day 2020 celebrated on 15 March, 2020. 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