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Meera, a consumer activist in Pune, asks which body is headed by the Minister-in-charge of the Department of Consumer Affairs in the Central Government and exists only to render advice on promotion and protection of consumers' rights. Which body is this?

The Central Consumer Protection Council is the body. It is an advisory council chaired by the Union Minister in charge of Consumer Affairs, and its object is to render advice on promotion and protection of consumers' rights. It does not regulate or adjudicate.

  1. ACentral Consumer Protection Authority
  2. BCentral Consumer Protection CouncilCorrect
  3. CState Consumer Protection Council
  4. DNational Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Explanation

Under Section 3 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, the Central Council is an advisory council chaired by the Minister-in-charge of the Department of Consumer Affairs. Its object is to render advice. The Central Authority, by contrast, regulates matters such as unfair trade practices and misleading advertisements, so it is not the advisory body.

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