2015
APR – 15: SETTLED IN COURT
United India Insurance dodges claim, made to pay up Ambalal Patel was insured for Rs. 1 lakh under a group insurance scheme of United India Insurance. He suffered a severe head injury at his residence and was admitted to Indus Hospital,..
- Posted by CERC India
- Posted in 2015,April,monthly
APR – 15: TALL TALK
Height of exaggeration! An Ayurvedic capsule made completely of herbs that can ‘increase height with double speed’ that is effective till age 34! Can you find a clearer case of advertisers making fools of gullible consumers..
- Posted by CERC India
- Posted in 2015,April,monthly
JAN -15: CERC NEWS
Training programme on health insurance conducted Fifty participants from various consumer groups of Gujarat took active part in a training programme on health insurance conducted by CERC on its premises on 19 December 2014. The programm..
- Posted by CERC India
- Posted in 2015,January,monthly
JAN – 15: FROM THE LAB
Chocolate milk: Watch the fat and sugar ! We tested eight big brands of flavoured (chocolate) milk (including three soy varieties) in our lab to see how much sugar and fat they contain in a bid to find the best one from the health viewpoint. W..
- Posted by CERC India
- Posted in 2015,January,monthly
JAN – 15: FEEDBACK
I suggest you test branded wheat flour available in the market. It may be made out of fungus infected wheat as the dough becomes black within six to seven hours of preparing it. This is not the case with freshly ground wheat purchased and stor..
- Posted by CERC India
- Posted in 2015,January,monthly
JAN – 15: ADVOCACY
CERC raises several issues at Delhi workshop A stakeholder’s workshop was held on 24 November 2014 in New Delhi on the ‘Fourth Amendment to Consumer Protection Act, 1986’. It was addressed by Minister of Consumer Affairs, F..
- Posted by CERC India
- Posted in 2015,January,monthly
JAN – 15: CERS MEDIATES
Finally, mill worker’s money order reaches wife in UP Umashankar Chorasiya, a textile mill worker living in a hutment in Ahmedabad, sent Rs. 2,000 of his hard-earned money by money order to his wife Munanidevi living in village M..
- Posted by CERC India
- Posted in 2015,January,monthly