Sudha buys vegetables from the nearby market. Alert her on at least four ways the vendor may adopt to cheat her. Write four of her responsibilities as an aware consumer.
Answer
Short Answer
Malpractice by the vendors:
- Use stone or hollow weights instead of standard weights.
- Put magnate beneath balance or iron rings on the side.
- Sprinkle water on vegetables and sell.
- Put rotten/ inferior/stale vegetables and charge the price of fresh/good quality.
- Sells adulterated/coloured/polished vegetables.
Responsibilities of consumers:
- Be alert.
- Pich and choose herself vegetables, do not let him choose the vegetables.
- Check his weight/balance.
- Refuse to buy from him, if not reliable.
- Complain against him to the concerned authorities.