Lok Sabha Question No. 1752 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Vacancies in NCDRC
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Feroze Varun Gandhi

## Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

## Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1752

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## VACANCIES IN NCDRC

1752.  SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

## Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that 25% of the posts in the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) are lying vacant, if so, the details thereof and the reasons for the said vacancies;
- (b) whether there has been any communication from the players in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry to the idea of printing information on packaging in Hindi or other regional languages, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of disputes filed in the district consumer fora during the last two years, Statewise and the number that have been set for adjournment or appeal?

## ANSWER

## miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k jkT; ea=h ¼Jh nkuos jkolkgsc nknkjko½

## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

- (a)  :    Out of 1 post of  President  and  11  posts  of  Member  in  the  National  Consumer  Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), 3 posts of Member are vacant as suitable candidates for filling up of the vacancies could not be found in the last recruitment process completed in 2018.
- (b) : As per the provisions in the Legal Metrology (Packaging Commodities) Rules, 2011, the particulars  of  the  declarations  required  to  be  specified  on  a  package  shall  either  be  in  Hindi  in Devnagri script or in English. However, use of any other language in addition to Hindi or English is also allowed.
- (c) :   On the basis of information available in the CONFONET website, the number of disputes filed in the district consumer fora during the last two years, state-wise and the number that have been  set  for  adjournment    out  of  the  cases  filed  and    appeals  filed  in  these  two    are  given  at Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1752 FOR 02.07.2019 REGARDING VACANCIES IN NCDRC.

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| S.No.   | State/Circuit Bench      | Cases Filed   | Cases set for Adjournment   | Appeal   |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------|-----------------------------|----------|
| 1       | Andaman Nicobar          | 56            | 9                           | 5        |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           | 3693          | 1367                        | 1177     |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 39            | 17                          | 10       |
| 4       | Assam                    | 857           | 657                         | 144      |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 4910          | 4174                        | 349      |
| 6       | Chandigarh               | 3269          | 467                         | 695      |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh             | 7749          | 3645                        | 2122     |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   | 8             | 6                           |          |
| 9       | Delhi                    | 9623          | 6161                        | 1242     |
| 10      | Goa                      | 359           | 46                          | 294      |
| 11      | Gujarat                  | 15857         | 9796                        | 1797     |
| 12      | Haryana                  | 15179         | 5220                        | 3010     |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh         | 2873          | 1190                        | 676      |
| 14      | Jammu and Kashmir        | 834           | 567                         | 74       |
| 15      | Jharkhand                | 2383          | 1777                        | 546      |
| 16      | Karnataka                | 16979         | 5447                        | 6        |
| 17      | Kerala                   | 10045         | 5777                        | 1638     |
| 18      | Lakshadweep              | 4             | 4                           |          |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh           | 17770         | 10113                       | 2972     |
| 20      | Maharashtra              | 27232         | 13967                       | 2835     |
| 21      | Manipur                  | 44            | 20                          | 13       |
| 22      | Meghalaya                | 99            | 64                          | 2        |
| 23      | Mizoram                  | 111           | 60                          | 16       |
| 24      | Nagaland                 | 21            | 21                          | 7        |
| 25      | Orissa                   | 6292          | 4041                        | 1221     |
| 26      | Pondicherry              | 100           | 80                          | 30       |
| 27      | Punjab                   | 16435         | 5900                        | 1588     |
| 28      | Rajasthan                | 25665         | 16044                       | 2468     |
| 29      | Sikkim                   | 42            | 17                          | 7        |
| 30      | Tamil Nadu               | 5500          | 3905                        | 477      |
| 31      | Telangana                | 3939          | 2885                        | 1267     |
| 32      | Tripura                  | 291           | 44                          | 108      |
| 33      | Uttar Pradesh            | 33404         | 26598                       | 4658     |
| 34      | Uttaranchal              | 2211          | 1284                        | 413      |
| 35      | West Bengal              | 10526         | 4310                        | 2388     |
| 36      | Circuit Bench Aurangabad |               |                             | 1641     |
| 37      | Circuit Bench Nagpur     |               |                             | 1231     |
| 38      | Circuit Bench Madurai    |               |                             | 384      |
| 39      | Circuit Bench Jodhpur    |               |                             | 407      |
| 40      | Circuit Bench Udaipur    |               |                             | 386      |
| 41      | Circuit Bench Bikaner    |               |                             | 1148     |
| 42      | Circuit Bench Kota       |               |                             | 349      |
| 43      | Circuit Bench Amravati   |               |                             | 441      |
| 44      | Circuit Bench Srinagar   |               |                             | 56       |
| 45      | Circuit Bench Pune       |               |                             | 7        |
| 46      | Circuit Bench Nashik     |               |                             | 4        |
| 47      | Circuit Bench Asansol    |               |                             | 29       |
| 48      | Circuit Bench Siliguri   | 2,44,399      |                             | 71       |
| Total   | Total                    |               | 1,35,680                    | 40,409   |