Kudrat ki banai gayi iss sarzameen par har ek insaan ko apna haq diya gaya hai, har fard ki aawaaz par amal karne aur insaaf dilanae ka kaanoon naafiz kiya gaya hai, aaj hum aise hee ek mozoo par gour farmaenge, jiska naam World Consumer Rights day hai, yaani “Saarifeen ke Haqook ka Aalmi Din”.
Iss din ko har saal 15 March ko ek theme ke saath manaya jaata hai aur iss saal ki theme hai – “Clean Energy Transition”, Iss din ko manane ka maqsad duniya bhar mei saarifeen ke haqook aur zaroorat ke bare mei logon ko aagaah karna hai.
Jab 1962 mei American President John F Kennedy ne American Congress se khetaab kiya, to unhone saarifeen ke liye 04 aeham haqooq banae – pehla, Tahfuz ka Haq, dusra, Intekhaab ka Haq, Teesra, Apni aawaz sunaane ka haq, aur Chautha, Mutala Karwaye Jaane ka Haq. Aaie iss din ke kuch aeham malumaat par nazar daalte hain, agar koi bhi saarif mukhtalif aesheya ya masnuaat khareedta hai, toh isko service ki kimat aur mayaar se mutaalik tamaam malumaat hasil karne ka haq hai.
Agar Waadi-e-Kashmir ki baat karen to yahan tamaam afraad ko bhartiya samvidhan ke tehat bolne aur aawaaz uthane ka haq diya gaya hai, chahe woh kisi bhi zumre ki baat ho. Issi ke tehat saarifeen ko bhi yeh haq hasil hai, agar saarifeen ko koi bhi cheez khareedne ke baad woh cheez jaali lage toh usko wapas dabdeel kar sakta hai, aur aisa na hone par woh apni shiqayat zile ke Consumer Court mei darj kara sakta hai.
2022 ke dauraan waadi mei Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs ke tehat 765 shikayaaten masool ki gayin, jiski madad se kharidaaron ko baaikhteyaar banane mei bohot faayeda saabit hua, aur insaaf ki raahat mehsoos hui. Meri aap sabse guzaarish hai ki saarifeen ke haqook ka aehtiraam karen aur tahfuz Karen, aur bazaari zeyaditu aur na-insafiyon ke khilaaf aawaz uthayen.