TMI BlogConsumer Welfare FundX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t, shall be paid from the Fund. (3) Any utilisation of amount from the Consumer Welfare Fund under sub-section (1) of section 58 shall be made by debiting the Consumer Welfare Fund account and crediting the account to which the amount is transferred for utilisation. (4) The [Central/State] Government shall, by an order, constitute a Standing Committee with a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, a Member Sec ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... useful research activity which has made, or is likely to make, significant contribution in formulation of standard mark of the products of mass consumption, the Central Government or the State Government may make an application for a grant from the Consumer Welfare Fund: Provided that a consumer may make application for reimbursement of legal expenses incurred by him as a complainant in a consumer ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d on, to a duly authorised officer of the Central Government or, as the case may be, State Government; (c) to get the accounts of the applicants audited, for ensuring proper utilisation of the grant; (d) to require any applicant, in case of any default, or suppression of material information on his part, to refund in lump-sum, the sanctioned grant to the Committee, and to be subject to prosecution ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... for the period of engagement in consumer welfare activities of an applicant; (k) to make guidelines for the management, administration and audit of the Consumer Welfare Fund. (9) The Central Consumer Protection Council and the Bureau of Indian Standards shall recommend to the GST Council, the broad guidelines for considering the projects or proposals for the purpose of incurring expenditure from ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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