Curated By: Business Desk
Last Updated: December 02, 2023, 16:52 IST
17 manufacturers are registered on the portal.
Right to Repair portal has been constructed to offer entry to inexpensive restore cellphones, home equipment and different digital units.
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs (MCA), a couple of months again, launched a Right to Repair portal. The portal allows individuals throughout the nation to get their devices and autos repaired with out worrying concerning the guarantee. The portal which is now lively for customers to select their deserved service, has 4 sectors – shopper durables, digital units, cars, and farm gear. On the portal, producers share the guide of product particulars together with product companies, guarantee, phrases and circumstances, and so on.
Recently, the official Twitter Handle of the Department of Consumer Affairs dropped a put up on X that learn, “Through the ‘Right to Repair Portal’, consumers can get information related to repairs of agricultural equipment, mobile and electronics, data storage components, consumer durables and automobile equipment.”
The Right to Repair portal has been constructed to offer entry to inexpensive restore cellphones, home equipment and different digital units. The portal, in addition to offering the companies, additionally gives an inexpensive various to costly replacements to the shoppers. The Department of Consumer Affairs stepped in with the choice to launch a Right to Repair framework which is predicated on the LiFE (Lifestyle For Environment) initiative launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Meanwhile, the federal government, via the portal, desires to guard shoppers in opposition to deliberate obsolescence. This is as a result of a product designed with a restricted life span will increase e-waste. It additionally addressed the foremost considerations of the general public like value, originality and guarantee of spare components. The prospects can be extra conscious of the product because the portal additionally guides individuals about verify the authenticity of spare components and their origin nation.
Currently, on the portal, 17 manufacturers are registered for the shopper’s comfort. The listing of those manufacturers consists of firms from all 4 sectors – the automotive, smartphone and shopper durables industries. The manufacturers obtainable on the portal are Apple, Samsung, Realme, Oppo, HP, Boat, Panasonic, LG, Kent, Havells, Microtek and Luminous, amongst others. As far as Automobile firms are involved, manufacturers like Hero Motocorp and Honda Motorcycle are additionally registered on the portal.
