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Government of India
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
23 DEC 2022 3:26PM by PIB Delhi
673 Consumer Commissions functional in the country
  • Under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, it is the responsibility of the State Governments to fill up the vacancies of President and Members in the State Commissions and District Commissions
  • Of 25,28,986 cases received in Consumer Commissions in the country, 19,71,236 disposed

 

The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today informed that the total number of Consumer Commissions functioning in the country is as follows:

Name of Consumer Commission

Number

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)

1

State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions (SCDRCs)

35

District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions (DCDRCs)

637

Total         

673

 

Under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, it is the responsibility of the State Governments to fill up the vacancies of President and Members in the State Commissions and District Commissions. The status of vacancies in the different Consumer Commissions is annexed.

The status of pending cases (as on 21.12.2022) in the Consumer Commissions across the country is as under:

 

S.No

Name of Consumer Commission

Cases filed since inception

Cases Disposed

Cases Pending

1

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)

1,06,088

84,148

21,940

2

State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions (SCDRCs)

4,89,506

3,79,913

1,09,593

3

District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions (DCDRCs)

19,33,392

15,07,175

4,26,217

 

Total

25,28,986

19,71,236

5,57,750

 

ANNEXURE

S. No

State

State Commission

District Commissions

Vacancy

Vacancy

President

Members

President

Members

1

Assam

0

0

0

0

2

Andhra Pradesh

0

1

0

0

3

Arunachal Pradesh

1

0

0

21

4

A & N Islands

0

0

0

1

5

Bihar

1

0

4

22

6

Chandigarh

0

1

1

0

7

Chhattisgarh

0

1

8

20

8

Daman & Diu and Dadar & Nagar Haveli

1

3

0

1

9

Delhi

0

0

0

0

10

Goa

1

0

0

0

11

Gujarat

0

2

1

13

12

Haryana

0

1

3

3

13

Himachal Pradesh

0

0

0

2

14

Jammu and Kashmir

1

1

6

8

15

Jharkhand

1

0

0

0

16

Karnataka

0

6

5

6

17

Kerala

0

0

0

0

18

Ladakh

1

4

2

4

19

Lakhsadweep

0

0

0

0

20

Madhya Pradesh

0

0

4

44

21

Maharashtra

0

8

16

18

22

Manipur

0

0

0

0

23

Meghalaya

0

0

0

3

24

Mizoram

1

0

0

1

25

Nagaland

0

0

0

0

26

Odisha

0

0

12

44

27

Puducherry

0

2

1

0

28

Punjab

0

1

3

4

29

Rajasthan

0

0

16

10

30

Sikkim

0

3

0

0

31

Tamil Nadu

0

1

0

13

32

Telangana

0

0

0

2

33

Tripura

0

0

0

0

34

Uttar Pradesh

0

1

2

15

35

Uttarakhand

0

1

0

0

36

West Bengal

0

1

1

0

 

Total

8

38

85

255

 


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