Service Provider Accounability - Addl Inputs
Establishing Service Provider Accountability in India
1. Arrange workshops for social activists & empower them by giving licence or certificate authorising them to act on behalf of innocent customers
2. Consumer policy regarding service agreement and execution should be developed
3. The rights of consumers should be defined if the promised service is not provided
4. Very clear policy on cancellation of service and refund should be put in place
5. Service providers should register themselves with a central agency and should quote their identification numbers on jobs
6. Only registered service providers should be allowed locality wise and their list needs to be given to residents
7. A heavy penalty should be put on the defaulter approved by the State Consumer Court; maybe 10 times the original cost
8. Keep a robust website of Consumer Court which provides details of Consumer Court, process to file a Case (step by step for novice), Sample case study on how to file a case for Novice customers
9. Enable Jago Grahak Kago localcircles platform such that any citizen can warn Government and fellow Citizens about bad service providers with accountability
10. Also, Jago Grahak Jago circle should have wall of shame where a service provider with average rating of 1 i.e. terrible and 10 citizen reviews is presented. Automatically, bad ones will get eliminated
11. The laws formed under the consumer protection act should be strictly implemented
12. Any seller who is selling products online must have the verified address with Jaago Grahak Jaago
13. If any service provider does not provide the product for which a customer has already paid then JGJ must directly deal with the matter. more