Secretary Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Sanjit Rodrigues, IAS speaking at the State Consumer Rights Day celebrations at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao.
PANAJI
The more the consumers are aware, the better it is, not only for the consumer but the community and the State at large. We have to grow as a community and if one wants to grow as a community, it needs to be benefitted asserted Secretary Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Sanjit Rodrigues, IAS.
Rodrigues was speaking at the State Consumer Rights Day celebrations organised by the Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao on Monday.
Speaking further, he said one should not derive benefit as an individual but the whole community as an ecosystem should benefit. Come up with good innovative ideas and good reach-out programmes he urged consumer clubs. Redressal for any consumer issue is a must. Redressal is the main factor in the consumer movement. Suggestions are welcomed from the people he added.
Rodrigues felt that students and teachers have a great role to play in the consumer awareness movement and can be an effective channel of communication between the Government and the community at large.
Rodrigues, IAS complemented FDA for putting their best foot forward to ensure that the State receives accolades for being the best State on the Food Safety Index in India for the fourth consecutive year. It is not a small achievement as a lot of follow-up, action and awareness need to be initiated to achieve it. It is each one's bounden duty to maintain this status. It is easy to get a rank but it is very difficult to maintain consistency. Time has come for the State to compete with itself and move up, he remarked.
He urged all stakeholders who are associated with the consumer awareness movement to come together to achieve the goal and assured Government support for this movement.
The consumer awareness movement needs guidance which will be provided and the Government is providing preference to training and guidance he said. For grass root awareness activities funds are earmarked and will ensure funds are released so that consumer forums and clubs reach out and make people aware of their consumer rights, he said.
Roland Martins emphasised the need for students to make visible the "Jago Grahak Jago'' slogan in a real manner and said that there are 140 consumer clubs spread across schools, higher secondary and colleges in the State as part of a young Civic and Consumer movement.
Jyoti Sardessai in her welcome address said rights, duties and responsibilities should go hand in hand. This programme is aimed to create awareness among the Consumers, she said.
Chief Officer, Margao Municipal Council, Rohit Kadam was present on the occasion.
Representatives of Consumers Clubs of educational institutions from Mormugao and Salcete Taluka and volunteers from consumer forums attended the programme.
Richard Noronha proposed a vote of thanks.
Rodrigues was speaking at the State Consumer Rights Day celebrations organised by the Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao on Monday.
Speaking further, he said one should not derive benefit as an individual but the whole community as an ecosystem should benefit. Come up with good innovative ideas and good reach-out programmes he urged consumer clubs. Redressal for any consumer issue is a must. Redressal is the main factor in the consumer movement. Suggestions are welcomed from the people he added.
Rodrigues felt that students and teachers have a great role to play in the consumer awareness movement and can be an effective channel of communication between the Government and the community at large.
Rodrigues, IAS complemented FDA for putting their best foot forward to ensure that the State receives accolades for being the best State on the Food Safety Index in India for the fourth consecutive year. It is not a small achievement as a lot of follow-up, action and awareness need to be initiated to achieve it. It is each one's bounden duty to maintain this status. It is easy to get a rank but it is very difficult to maintain consistency. Time has come for the State to compete with itself and move up, he remarked.
He urged all stakeholders who are associated with the consumer awareness movement to come together to achieve the goal and assured Government support for this movement.
The consumer awareness movement needs guidance which will be provided and the Government is providing preference to training and guidance he said. For grass root awareness activities funds are earmarked and will ensure funds are released so that consumer forums and clubs reach out and make people aware of their consumer rights, he said.
Roland Martins emphasised the need for students to make visible the "Jago Grahak Jago'' slogan in a real manner and said that there are 140 consumer clubs spread across schools, higher secondary and colleges in the State as part of a young Civic and Consumer movement.
Jyoti Sardessai in her welcome address said rights, duties and responsibilities should go hand in hand. This programme is aimed to create awareness among the Consumers, she said.
Chief Officer, Margao Municipal Council, Rohit Kadam was present on the occasion.
Representatives of Consumers Clubs of educational institutions from Mormugao and Salcete Taluka and volunteers from consumer forums attended the programme.
Richard Noronha proposed a vote of thanks.
