Market Monitoring
The Himalayan Times
31
August 2016
Market Monitoring
The government is yet to make its market
monitoring and supervision mechanism more effective to ensure that the service
seekers and consumers are not being cheated by the service providers and
wholesalers, retailers, hoteliers, restaurants, medical stores,
pharmaceuticals, dairy production houses and so on. It does so in its own ways rather than doing
on a regular basis. However, it was encouraging to know that the Department of
Supply Management and Consumer Protection has started doing market monitoring “Two
pathology labs sealed; grocery, meat shops warned” (THT, 30 August, Page 2).
The government has its all the systems and
mechanisms. However, most of them are in dormant condition, slow, inactive, ineffective
and corrupt. Some of them only are found
to be effective. Because of these reasons, the consumers and service seekers continue
to be harassed and cheated on a regular basis. No body listens to their
grievances. There is no proper system or place for lodging their complaints.
Prices of consumer goods and medicines differ from store to store. Most of the
retailers and restaurants do not bother to display price lists although it is
mandatory. This is because of the lack of regular and strict market monitoring
and supervision of the concerned officials and authorities.
The Department should regularise its market
supervision all the time not only in Kathmandu
but in other parts of the country as well. This will gradually help control the
market prices, to improve the quality of the goods and services and discourage the
proliferation of black markets.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
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