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The Evolution of Consumer Product Safety Policy and Regulation in India

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  • Marco Rizzi

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Consumer product safety in India is undergoing a series of structural reforms, encompassing general consumer protection and specific product safety regulation. This article critically examines the state of consumer product safety as it has developed since the adoption of the original Consumer Protection Act 1986 and Bureau of Indian Standards Act 1986 and on that basis puts forward a first reasoned analysis of the major reforms currently under discussion (the Consumer Protection Bill 2015) or recently passed but not yet implemented (the Bureau of Indian Standards Act 2016). The analysis is framed against the backdrop of a preliminary discussion of the constitutional architecture of India, which is in itself a source of complication in the development of coherent consumer policies. The picture emerging from this article shows that, while progress is being made, the field of consumer product safety in India is a difficult work in progress where policy and regulatory developments are hard to achieve incrementally, and structural reform come at the cost of fundamental choices the feasibility of which might prove difficult.

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  • Marco Rizzi, 2017. "The Evolution of Consumer Product Safety Policy and Regulation in India," Journal of Consumer Policy, Springer, vol. 40(3), pages 389-412, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jcopol:v:40:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s10603-017-9346-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s10603-017-9346-z
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    1. Marco Rizzi, 2018. "Reflections on Consumer Law and Policy in Seychelles," Journal of Consumer Policy, Springer, vol. 41(4), pages 395-410, December.

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