Protect Consumer Rights

With the onset of the festive season, the Nepali consumer market always turns imbalance. Consumers are left in the lurch when prices of consumer goods and services increase exorbitantly. Common people, especially low-income ones, often find major festivals like Dashain and Tihar as a misery because it is difficult for them to manage expenses. As artificial shortages of essential goods are created, consumers are forced to make subpar purchases. Profit-mongers are found taking undue advantages of poor supply of daily consumer items. They also get involved in cartelling of goods and services while others exploit consumers by creating market monopoly.