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Standing Committee Report on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (2024-25) Released | Current Affairs | Vision IAS
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Standing Committee Report on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (2024-25) Released

Posted 13 Mar 2025

2 min read

Key Highlights 

  • Strengthening of Consumer Commissions (SCC) Scheme: Persistent vacancies, both at State & District Consumer Commissions, are severely impacting Scheme’s effectiveness.
    • Out of total 36 sanctioned posts of President of State Commissions 18 (50%) posts are vacant.
  • Consumer Welfare Fund (CWF): Only 71.5% of Revised Estimates (RE) for 2024-25 relating to CWF has been utilized. 
    • Disbursement of funds under Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) to several states & key agencies, like NAFED, Kendriya Bhandar, has not been uniform.
  • Computerization & Computer Networking of Consumer Commissions: Its expansion has streamlined case management, reduced delays, and improved access to justice 
  • Other: Currently, Indian Standard Time is not being mandatorily adopted by all Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) and Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
    • Lack of uniformity in time across different systems presents significant challenges for law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in investigating cybercrimes.

Key Recommendations

  • Take immediate and proactive steps to ensure that states and UTs prioritize the filling of vacant posts within a fixed time-frame.
  • Steps need to be taken to implement a more streamlined fund release process to minimize delays in disbursement and ensure the uniform distribution of funds.

 

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  • Standing Committee Report on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
  • Strengthening of Consumer Commissions (SCC) Scheme
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