The Food and Civil Supplies Department has issued orders for appointment of 20 non-government members in District Consumer Forums.Rajesh Kumar Tamrakar and Sapna Jain have been appointed in Damoh district, Satish Kumar Sharma and Sharda Soni in Vidisha, Deependra Sharma and Harsha Runwal Dhar, Krishna Singh Rathore and Kiran Sharma Jhabua.Similarly, Mahesh Chandra Sharma and Anjana Jain have been appointed as non-government members in District Consumer Forum of Barwani, Anand Khandelwal Shajapur, Anubha Verma Sagar, Durga Pawar Anuppur, Usha Sharma Seoni, Deepa Shrivastava AShok Nagar, Abha Mishra Gwalior, Sushma Patel Jabalpur, Monica Malik Bhopal, Umesh Patel Panna and Kundan Singh Chouhan has been appointed in Indore district.
Under Consumer Protection Act, State Consumers Disputes Redressal Commission has been constituted to end consumers' exploitation and resdress their complaints.Besides, District Consumer Dispute Forums have also been established at 48 district headquarters. Of these, fulltime Consumer Forums in 24 districts and part-time ones in other 24 districts.Serial meetings of state level Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Bhopal have been held at Jabalpur, Indore and Gwalior. Complaints involving upto Rs 20 lakh are being heard by District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forums and those involving over Rs. 20 lakh at the state level commission. If any litigant is not satisfied with decision of District Forum, he can submit appeal before the State Commission within 30 days. Computers have been made available to all District Consumer Forums. Some districts have also been connected through internet with Bhopal-based State Consumers Disputes Redressal Commission.