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Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi inaugurated a recently constructed gathering of the Dharwad District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission successful Dharwad connected Sunday.
“Protection of user rights is of paramount importance. The Union authorities is taking each indispensable measures to support user rights,” the Minister said.
He said that the Union authorities is utilizing state-of-the-art technological tools similar Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to support the rights of consumers.
He said that the strategy for registering user complaints has been simplified. Complaints tin present beryllium filed from anyplace successful the country.
“In fact, complaints tin beryllium filed successful immoderate Indian connection with the assistance of ChatGPT,” helium said.
He said that measures are being taken to guarantee speedy justness for consumers. “Transparency is being ensured done the usage of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies. While the Union authorities is providing funds for the operation of user committee buildings, it volition beryllium adjuvant if the State authorities besides extends grants,” helium said.
Mr. Joshi said that strict enactment is being initiated against companies that cheat consumers.
“The extortion of consumers depends connected the consciousness and vigilance of consumers themselves. Efforts are being made to summation nationalist consciousness astir user rights,” helium said.
The Dharwad District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has earned a estimation arsenic 1 of the astir progressive commissions successful the country. As of October 2025, the committee registered 12,779 cases, of which 12,067 person been resolved.
“The committee is efficaciously moving to guarantee speedy justness for consumers,” helium said.
MLA Arvind Bellad urged assorted judicial bodies to guarantee speedy justice. “I deliberation the judiciary needs self-introspection and reform. In respective cases, radical are forced to hold for decades for justice. Citizens expect speedy disposal of cases and superior deliberation and factual enactment are needed successful this direction,” helium said.
“If cases are resolved quickly, much radical volition attack the courts for justice. At times, owed to specified delays, immoderate litigant nationalist similar to settee disputes extracurricular courts,” the MLA said.
State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Chairman V.G. Shivashankare Gowda demanded that the State authorities should merchandise capable funds for the commission, truthful that the committee and its units tin relation from their ain buildings.
“The magnitude of fiscal assistance should besides beryllium increased,” helium said.
He said that determination are 4 Benches of the committee and 33 territory commissions functioning crossed the State.
He said that the caller gathering successful Dharwad has been constructed astatine a outgo of ₹1.25 crore and that it has been afloat funded by the Union government.
District Commission president Ishappa Bhute welcomed the gathering.
The lawsuit was organised jointly by the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, the State Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, the Legal Metrology Department, the territory medication and the Bar Association.
