Consumer Association of Bangladesh

1. Presentation Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB), a non-government Non-political and non-benefit deliberate association was established in February, 1978 at the commencement of some committed inhabitants in Dhaka who was instilled with the thoughts of commercialization, a development that previously came to fruition in many propelled nations in Europe and America. Essentially began as a social gathering to shield shoppers from product defilement and fake value climb it has bit by bit augmented its extension to set up and defend consumers’ rights and interests in social, monetary, wellbeing and ecological issues.CAB was enrolled with the Department of Social Services, Government of Bangladesh vide reg. No DHA-01247 dated 14 March 1983 and with the NGO Affairs Bureau vide reg. No. DSS/FDO/R-197 dated 2 March 1986. Taxi is additionally a full individual from Consumers International. It is financed by participation charges and by awards from benefactors. Association Profi le: Organization Name: CAB (Consumers Association of Bangladesh) Member no: 761 Joining date: 15 Mar 1981Region: Asia Pacific Address: 8/6, Segunbagicha, Dhaka-1000 Location: Bangladesh Type of Work: Campaigning as well as campaigning, Consumer Advice, Consumer Legislation, Dispute Resolution, Networking, Product Testing, Publishing, Research/Policy investigation. It has 500 customary and 100 partner individuals. Its crucial to enable Consumers with the information and aptitudes for the successful security of their privileges and interests.The significant regions of CAB exercises are: Consumer Information and Education, Surveillances and Monitoring on showcase costs and nature of fundamental items and utility administrations, consumer’s protests handlings, crusade for safe nourishments and wares, moral medication advancement and safe condition, considers and research on customer issues and issues, Advocacy and campaign with the legislature and approach producers for instituti on of Consumer Protection Law. 2. Destinations of CAB: The significant goals of CAB are to: 1. make purchasers mindful of their privileges and duties; 2. romote shopper instruction, targeting bringing issues to light of buyers against abuse, and giving them specialized information and backing for genuine security; 3. concentrate on buyers' issues and build up a feeling of common co-activity and comprehension among various gatherings, affiliations, organizations, NGOs and government offices working in light of a legitimate concern for the government assistance of the individuals; 4. trade data and information on different activities about purchaser security with national and global associations; 5. compose and set-up buyers affiliations and gatherings at the regions and thana level 6.Undertake research concentrates on shopper issues and issues. 7. Produce mindfulness among the purchasers about their universally perceived rights and obligations as buyers 8. Advance purchaser training targeting engaging buyers with the information and aptitudes on insurance of their privileges. 9. Empower customers to arrange themselves in setting up and securing their privileges and interests through sorted out activity. 10. Organize testing of items and wares to make the commercial centers more secure and shopper well disposed. 11.Provide intercession and lawful help to the wronged shoppers identified with infringement of their privileges and interests engaged with the buy and utilization of items and administrations. 12. Encourage and create contacts and contact with the national and universal associations having comparative targets. 13. Distribute instructive materials and feed shoppers with data and information on industrialism, purchaser issues and issues. 3. Accomplishments: CAB exercises in purchaser training incorporate for the most part the production of a month to month release in Bangla titled Consumers' Voice to furnish customers with data of different buyer issues a nd problem.CAB additionally distributes a quarterly notice in English, which it appropriates to various associations at home and abroad. What's more, it every so often distributes handouts, envelopes, and flyers on different customer issues and issues and consistently plans highlights and public statements for scattering through the broad communications. Taxi normally screens the market costs of basic products and administrations to show the genuine value circumstance in the market and keep costs inside the buying intensity of general consumers.It runs a market checking cell, which consistently leads advertise overviews and supplies significant data to purchasers through national dailies. Taxi propelled a ‘Dirty Dozen Campaign' against 12 most destructive pesticides. Prior, there were no rules on the advertising of pesticides and it is a direct result of the weight made by CAB that the administration needed to detail rules on the showcasing of pesticides and distribute them th rough a journal warning. Taxi likewise completed examinations on family unit bug sprays and marking of pesticides on packets.The association was vocal and dynamic in making interest for figuring a National Drug Policy (NDP) and assumed a functioning job during the time spent establishment of the NDP in 1982. From that point forward, CAB has been normally checking the usage of NDP and sorting out special exercises, particularly identifying with issues of deficiency and poor administrations in the conveyance of general social insurance. Taxi began an enemy of tobacco battle in 1981. Taxi is dynamic in campaigning with the legislature for prohibiting smoking in chosen open spots. Taxi is additionally observing the usage of the Breast Milk Substitute Ordinance sanctioned in 1984.CAB completes crusades on the side of breastfeeding. Taxi exercises incorporate association of courses, workshops, and gathering gatherings, road parades, conveyance of banners and flyers, and production of high lights in papers on natural contamination and debasement just as on safe street and transport frameworks. A standard action of CAB is the arrangement and improvement of customer for development of buyer development at the division, area, thana and fringe levels. These gatherings keep contact with the national level and manage purchaser instruction and inspiration and handle neighborhood buyer issues and issues.CAB runs a Complaint Center to get objections from shoppers and stretches out specialized and legitimate help to them for change. With the end goal of keeping the customers educated about the every day showcase circumstance and other purchaser issues and issues CAB runs a Consumer Information Center, which has a little library appended to it. It conducts concentrates on significant buyer issues, for example, product costs, utilization of BMS in medical clinics and facilities, tobacco utilization, street mishaps, infringement of BMS statute, medicate misuse and the like.It has been searching for the plan of customer assurance laws in the nation for quite a while. Taxi currently gathers its exercises in the regions of Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Mymensingh, Gazipur, Manikganj, Bogra, Khulna and Barisal yet has plans to grow the exercises in different locale of the nation, as well. A portion of the accomplishments of CAB are as per the following: The Milk Vita Company used to blend imported powder milk with cow’s milk and afterward advertise it as the cow’s milk.CAB uncovered this misbehavior, following which the organization needed to change its strategy; CAB made impressive mindfulness among the individuals about destructive and pointless medications some time before the establishment of the National Drug Policy, which in the wake of being figured, was advanced by CAB through a vivacious crusade; Since 1984, CAB has been leading efforts for the advancement and insurance of bosom taking care of and has been a backer for sanctioning and executi on of Bangladesh Breast Feeding Substitutes (promoting guideline) Ordinance, 1984; CAB was instrumental in the assertion of the Code of Pesticide Marketing and aided the production of a board to assess value circumstance, in the re-association of the Bangladesh Standard Institute and distribution of records for standard endorsements, and in making of a council to evaluate the contaminated situation in consumable oils; CAB was instrumental in the re-association of the administration's Environmental Pollution Control Department. The counter tobacco battle by CAB brought about the presentation of caution against perilous impacts of smoking in cigarette commercials; and CAB has been perceived as illustrative of shoppers in various councils (both government and non-government) shaped on various issues and subjects.CAB, be that as it may, faces various requirements, for example, deficiency of assets, and a moderately moderate reaction from networks and populace bunches that keep buyer dev elopment from increasing a strong ground, and a general shortcoming of buyers regarding their mindfulness level and haggling quality in buys. Taxi's prosperity, accordingly, stays negligible as their software engineers frequently conflict with the enthusiasm of the business network, who appreciates close to restraining infrastructure and has the chance to sort out coordinated exchange. 3. 1 Research Studies: Several examination and study chips away at consumer’s undertakings are embraced by CAB. Data scattering to the partners and to the pertinent government specialists are the normal practices. It encourages the chiefs to make a move and make medicinal future activity plan for guaranteeing the privileges of purchasers in the nation. Study and research on â€Å"Awareness to the dealers and purchasers with respect to BSTI, and the affirmation marks arrangement of BSTI† in the time of 2000. †¢Survey and research on â€Å"Awareness and the status of Bangladesh on ke eping the purchasers right† in the time of 2000. †¢Research on â€Å"Market nourishment and bundled food† in the time of 2003. †¢Survey and research on â€Å"Unpackaged nourishment in Dhaka city† in the time of 2003. †¢Survey and research on â€Å"Health administration: The current status of Bangladesh (1. 5 years)† in the time of 2005. †¢Survey and rese