World Consumer Rights Day 2024: Consumer rights refer to everyone’s right to know about the quality, price, purity, and standard of various items, goods, and services across the world. However, to raise awareness of a consumer’s rights, a global event World Consumer Rights Day is observed every year.
World Consumer Rights Day is an event that brings the international consumer movement together to celebrate and show support.
World Consumer Rights Day 2024: Date
Every year on 15th March, World Consumer Rights Day is observed to safeguard consumer rights and to ensure that customers are not subjected to market exploitation.
National Consumer Rights Day is observed yearly in India on 14th December.
World Consumer Rights Day 2024: Theme
World Consumer Rights Day 2024 theme is ‘Fair Digital Finance’. On this day, numerous campaigns and actions are held in order to effect change and alternation in government policy as well as corporate behavior towards the customers.
World Consumer Rights Day: History & Significance
President John F. Kennedy was the man behind the creation of Worl Consumer Rights Day. He addressed a special message to the United States Congress on 15th March 1962 and was the first leader in the world to do so.
The UN (United Nations) accepted the broad rules for consumer protection on 9th April 1985. The first world consumer rights day was observed in 1983 and since then, this day is observed annually on 15th March.
This day is about the rights of consumers being recognized and acted upon.
