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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