(a) whether Consumer Courts/Forums have been set up at the district and State level;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(c) whether the Union Government provides any assistance to the States in setting up such Courts/F orums;
(d) if so, the amount allocated for this purpose during each of the last three years, State-wise; and
(e) the details of existing Consumer Courts/Forums, State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SBRI TASLIMUDDIN)
(a) & (b): As per the information made available by the National Commission there are 34 State Commissions and 582
District Fora functioning in the country.
(c) & (d): To supplement the efforts of the State Governments one time grant of RS.61.80 crores was provided to
the States/UTs by the Central Government to strengthen the infrastructure of the consumer disputes redressal
agencies during the years 1995 1999. No grant was allocated for this purpose during the last three years.
(e) The State-wise number of State Commissions and District Fora is given in the Annexure.
ANNEXURE
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN PART (e) OF REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3167 FOR 20/12/2004
REGARDING SETTING UP OF CONSUMER COURTS.
Sl.No. States State Commission District Fora
1 Andhra Pradesh 1 25 2 A & N Islands 1 2 3 AJunachalPradesh 1 13 4 Assam 1 23 5 J3ihar 1 37 6 Chandigarh 1 2 7 Chattisgarh 1 16 8 D & N Haveli/Daman & Diu 1 (combined) 2 9 Delhi 1 9 10 Goa 1 2 11 Gujrat 1 19 12 Haryana 1 19 13 Himachal Pradesh 1 12 14 Jammu & Kashmir 1 2 15 Iharkhand 1 22 16 Karnataka I 30 17 Kerala 1 14 18 Lakshadweep 1 1 19 Madhya Pradesh 1 45 20 Maharashtra 1 34 21 Manipur 1 8 22 Meghalava 1 7 23 Mizoram 1 8 24 Nagaland 1 8 25 Orissa 1 31 26 Pondicherry 1 1 27 Puniab 1 17 28 Rajasthan 1 33 29 Sikkim 1 4 30 Tamilnadu 1 30 31 Tripura 1 3 32 Uttar Pradesh 1 70 33 Uttaranchal 1 13 34 West Bengal 1 20
TOTAL 34 582