In today's market era, the consumer needs to be aware. In this era of capitalism, from a consumer's point of view, you should be alert on every front. As a consumer, you have been given many rights, of which you need to be aware. Do you know that World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated every year on 15 March? On this day, many types of campaigns are also run to make consumers aware. Have you ever considered the question why Consumer Day is celebrated only on March 15? If not, then today we are going to tell you about this. Apart from this, we will also know why National Consumer Day is celebrated on 15th March.
For your information, let us tell you that the idea of celebrating World Consumer Day was first given by the then-President of America John F Kennedy. On March 15, 1962, John F. Kennedy officially addressed the US Congress.
During this time he raised consumer related rights. John F. Kennedy was the first leader in the world who talk about consumer rights for the first time.
Consumer Day was celebrated for the first time on 15 March in the year 1983. After this, World Consumer Day started being celebrated every year on 15 March.
The purpose of celebrating World Consumer Day is to make consumers aware of their rights. In today's era when black marketing, hoarding, and counterfeiting are increasing. In such a situation, people need to know about their consumer rights.
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