5) The Consumer Protection Bill of 2018, which was introduced in Lok Sabha on January 5, 2018, seeks to replace the existing Act of 1986 to address emerging consumer vulnerabilities. Discuss the merits and demerits of this Bill. (250 Words)

The merits of the bill need to be appreciated because :

1. It has also penal provisions for the celebrities for endorsing a wrong product. 

2. The penal provisions has been more strengthened in cas ef violation of the norms, for e.g. amount of fine has been increased, it clearly scores over the earlier provisions

3. District cinsumer redressal complaints committee will be more strengthened, this strengthens the decentralised way fo addressing the concerns 

However, there are still some demerits as

1. the irrevocable damage done to the consumer, still there are some cases where a person has been cheated by the transport associations, and after rounds of pleading they are not given proper amount, teh recovery is less, the bill does not specifically deal with such issues

2. the bill is also silent on the service providers, still the damage done by the service provider is not quantifiable and not convertible into sum of money, to be handed over to the victim

*Above 3 merits discussed are right, you can also discuss about CCPA: Central consumer protection authority which is established under the line of Federal tadde commission of USA (developed country). Also this is the frst time, the product liability has been introduced, ie. any damage done by the product, then the products will be recalled and license cancelled if consumer complainst affect more than one individual. So the liability quotient has definitely increased.
** You can also write innovation has been introduced like ciruict benches in order to facilitate quciker disposal of cases
*** the greatest demerit is that it doe not cover the e-commerce transactions (only physical transactions allowed). Also that , the implemetation is the problem. the authority can not take suo motu cognisanse of the ufair trade practice, it can be taken ony through state or district consumer redressal forums.