ABGP celebrates National Consumer Rights Day

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Bhartiya Grahak Panchayat (ABGP) -An All India Consumer Movement celebrated
National Consumer Rights Day on January 6, 2014 at Dharmamurthi Rao Bahadur
Calavala Cunnan Chetty’s Hr.Sec.School, Perambur, and Chennai. 

 Sri.E.Mariappan,
IIS, Director (News), Doordarshan, Chennai   was the Chief Guest and he distributed prizes
and certificates to the students who won the Oratorical competition on various
consumer related topics.
Sri.M.N.Sundar,
ABGP State Coordinator started the function with Patriotic and Environmental
Song.
Sri.T.Srinivasan
Asst.Head Master of the school presided the function.
 Pushpanjali was performed to Swami
Vivekanandar Photo as a mark of respect on his 150th Birth Day
Celebrations whose birthday is celebrated as National Youth Day in India.
Sri.M.K.Balasubramanian,
ABGP National Council Member & Chennai Coordinator elaborated about ABGP‘s achievements
on various civic and other issue, its contribution to create awareness to
consumers and to protect their interest as consumers. He informed that ABGP is conducting
a number of programmes to students of various schools to make them
knowledgeable consumers.
Sri.Vijay
Kumar, Consumer protection Dept., Govt. Of Tamil Nadu briefed about Guarantee
& Warranty of goods .He impressed upon the need for better coordination of
Consumer Movements with State Government.
Sri.E.Mariappan,
IIS, Director (News) Doordarshan and Chief Guest of the function advised the
students to enrich their knowledge on consumer awareness and take up the
message to their parents also. He narrated his experience as a bus passenger in
a way side hotel where stale food items were served and that too at
unreasonably high price. He asked the students to eat home prepared food and to
avoid taking junk foods. He emphasized the need of knowing about MRP, Mfg.date,
expiry date etc., of the products they desire to buy. He asked the students the
imperative need to follow the teachings of Swami Vivekananda   whose birth day is celebrated as National
Youth Day. He appreciated ABGP for the yeomen service rendered to Consumers of
India through    hundred s’ of its
awakening centers’ throughout India.
He
distributed prizes to the students of the school who won on oratorical competition
on various consumer related topics and distributed certificates to the participants
and encouraged the students to come up in life.
Sri.Vivekanandan,
ABGP North Chennai Coordinator thanked the dignatories, teachers and students
of the school for making the function a grand success.
M.K.Balasubramanian,                                                                                                                              ABGP-National
Council         Member & Chennai Coordinator.

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