Relevance:
Recently, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution unveiled ‘Right to Repair’ Portal on the occasion of National Consumer Day (December 24).
Key Points:
- On the portal, manufacturers would share manual of product details with customers so that they could either repair by self, by third parties, rather than depend on original manufacturers.
- Initially, mobile phones, electronics, consumer durables, automobile and farming equipments would be covered.
- Right to Repair movement calls for companies to make spare parts, tools and information on how to repair devices available to customers and repair shops to increase lifespan of products and to keep them from ending up in landfills.
Right to Repair has been recognised in many countries including US, UK and European Union.
Reference: The Hindu
