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Celebrities who endorse products that are substandard will face 2 years jail
Posted on: 30/Aug/2016 12:52:48 PM
A draft bill has prepared by the consumer affairs ministry which seeks to punish celebrities who endorse products that are substandard or make misleading claims. The inter-ministerial panel is headed by finance minister Arun Jaitley and includes consumer affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan, heath minister JP Nadda, transport minister Nitin Gakari, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, power minister Piyush Goyal and commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be discussing this issue on Tuesday.
The government had earlier introduced Consumer Protection Bill 2015 and a parliamentary standing committee had vetted it and made recommendations in April, suggesting penalizing celebrities who promote misleading product.
The stringent provisions in the bill include a fine of Rs 10 lakh and jail of up to two years for a first offence by celebrities. For subsequent offences, the draft bill provides a fine of Rs 50 lakh and maximum five years in jail.
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