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Consumers Movement

• Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS)

  Established in 1984, Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation working on public interest issues. CUTS is one of the very few consumer organisations in the country

  • • Consumers Movement
    • Sustainable Development
    • Economy
    • Trade
    • Development
    • India
    • CUTS

• Govt survey reveals 45% salaried households

  The Delhi Government report on

  • 06/04/2010

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Food Supply
    • Consumption Patterns
    • Habitat And Urbanisation
    • Urban Habitat
    • People
    • Consumers Movement
    • Delhi

• U.S. Consumers Spared Big Costs In Climate Bill

  A new U.S. government study on Tuesday adds to a growing list of experts concluding that climate legislation moving through Congress would have only a modest impact on consumers, adding around $100 to household costs in 2020.

  • 06/08/2009

  • Planet Ark (Australia)
  • • Environment
    • Pollution Control
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Climate Change
    • Green House Gases
    • Cap And Trade
    • Solid Waste
    • Energy
    • Consumers Movement
    • United States Of America (US)

• Eco-Buyer Beware: Green Can Be Deceiving

  Scot case was not happy. Vice president of the environmental marketing firm TerraChoice, Case last year sent his researchers into a big-box retail store to evaluate the green advertising claims of some of the products on its shelves. The results were startling: of the 1,018 products TerraChoice surveyed, all but one failed to live up fully to their green boasts.

  • 22/09/2008

  • Time (Singapore)
  • • Green Products
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Consumers Movement
    • United States Of America (US)

• Marketing of unhealthy food to children must be curbed

  The Consumers International (CI) battle against marketing of unhealthy food to children has gathered support from domestic groups as well. The London-based CI is an independent consumer network with over 220 member organisations in 115 countries. Ahmedabad's Consumer Education and Research Centre (CERC) and Chennai's Consumers Association of India have joined CI's international research on the subject. Other than these, participating organisations are from the Philippines, Fiji, Malaysia and Korea.

  • 04/04/2008

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)
  • • Food Policy
    • Food Supply
    • Health Effects
    • Children
    • Consumers Movement

• Loaded with lead

  Indian toy jewellery pulled out from US market

  • 30/08/2004

  • Down To Earth
  • • Lead
    • Health Effects
    • Trade
    • Consumers Movement
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  Profit at any cost

  The US drug companies want to maintain its monopoly over drug pricing a move that will delay the production of cheaper drugs

  • 14/01/2000

  • Down To Earth
  • • Drug Industry
    • Patents
    • Governance
    • Consumers Movement
    • United States Of America (US)

• The dangerous cup

  Some popular Indian brands of tea have high levels of lead

  • 14/01/1998

  • Down To Earth
  • • Tea
    • Lead
    • Consumers Movement
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  At the recieving end

  a number of international organisations are working towards beefing up food security by creating awareness among consumers. "All future agricultural research, policies and trade opportunities must

  • 14/10/1997

  • • Food Policy
    • Food Standards
    • Consumers Movement
    • Malaysia
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  Taken for a ride

  Consumer consciousness has yet to make a dent in the mind of the average Indian buyer. That consumer is the king has remained merely a slogan of the consumer movement activists

  • 30/10/1996

  • • Consumers Movement
    • India
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  Puzzling claims

  DO ECO-MARKS and green logos endorsed on products really help the consumer to make an environment-friendly choice? May be not. A recent survey by the National Consumer Council in UK has found

  • 14/04/1996

  • Down To Earth
  • • Green Products
    • Consumers Movement
    • United Kingdom (UK)