Question

What was the theme of the 2018 World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD)?

• A. Building a digital world consumers can trust
• B. Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer
• C. Antibiotics off the menu
• D. Consumer Justice Now!

Answer 1

The correct option is B Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer

The World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is observed every year on March $15$ to promote basic rights of all consumers, demanding that those rights are respected and protected. It also gives people a chance to protest against the market abuses and social injustices. On this day in $1962$, President John F Kennedy formally addressed the issue of consumer rights in US Congress. He was the first world leader to do so, and the consumer movement now marks that date every year as a means of raising global awareness about consumer rights. The first World Consumer Rights Day was observed in $1983$ and has since become an important occasion for mobilizing citizen action. The $2018$ theme was 'Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer'. In India, besides the World Consumer Rights Day, we observe the National Consumer Day on $24$th of December every year.