{"id":10958,"date":"2026-03-28T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10958"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:21:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:51:43","slug":"central-consumer-protection-authority-ccpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/central-consumer-protection-authority-ccpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Consumer Protection Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Central Consumer Protection Authority Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Central Consumer Protection Authority directed hotels and restaurants not to levy additional charges, such as LPG charges and fuel cost recovery, on consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Central Consumer Protection Authority<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CCPA was established under Section 10 of the <\/span><b>Consumer Protection Act, 2019.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Consumer Protection Act, 2019, which replaced the 1986 Act, was notified on August 9, 2019, and came into force on July 20, 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nodal Ministry:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food &amp; Public Distribution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Composition of CCPA<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>Chief Commissioner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> heads the CCPA and has two other commissioners:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>One commissioner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> deals with goods-related issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other commissioner handles service-related complaints.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Functions and Powers of CCPA<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CCPA <\/span><b>protects, promotes, and enforces the rights<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of consumers as a class under the Act.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>prevents unfair trade practices<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and curbs false or misleading advertisements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It ensures that no one publishes or disseminates false or misleading advertisements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can initiate class-action suits, including recall, refunds, and cancellation of licenses, when necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CCPA can conduct inquiries and investigations through its Investigation Wing, headed by a Director-General.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can order the discontinuation of unfair practices, impose penalties on errant businesses, and enforce consumer welfare measures.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/ccpa-bars-hotels-restaurants-from-levying-extra-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Consumer Protection Authority safeguards consumer rights in India, curbs unfair trade practices, and regulates misleading ads under the Consumer Protection Act 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":95261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[552,21,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-10958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-central-consumer-protection-authority","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10958"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95364,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10958\/revisions\/95364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}