Question

Consumer education is inevitable today. Why?

Answer 1

• Variety in products, personal interest, increasing demands, influence of market force etc. have complicated and widened the scope of consumption. 
• Consumer education is necessary for the acquisition of right habits by the consumers. 
• Widespread exploitation of consumers by unscrupulous and exploitative trade practices like defective and unsafe products, adulteration, false and misleading advertisements, hoarding and black-marketing. Consumer education enables the consumer to identify these. 
• Consumer education helps-consumers to get their grievances redressed. 
• Widespread ignorance of consumers. 
• To form consumer organisations to take care of the interests of the consumer.