CONSUMER WELFARE FUND RULES, 1992 GSR 895(E) , DATED 25-11-1992

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1.4 CONSUMER WELFARE FUND RULES, 1992 GSR 895(E) , DATED 25-11-1992 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 37, read with section 12D of the Central Excises and Salt Act; 1944 (1 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely Short title and commencement: 1. (1) These rules may be called the Consumer Welfare Fund Rules, 1992. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. Definitions. 2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "Act" means the Central Excises and Salt Act; 1944 (1 of 1944) , Or, as the case may be, the Customs Act; 1962 (52 of 1962); [(b) "Applicant" means any agencylorganisation engaged in consumer welfare activities for period of three years registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or under any other law for the time being in force, including villagelmandal/Samiti level cooperatives of consumers especially Women, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, or any industry as defined in the Industrial Disputes Act; 1947 (14 of 1947) recommended by the Bureau to be engaged for a period of five years in viable and useful research activity which has made, or is likely to make, significant contribution in formulation of standard mark of the products of mass consumption, or State Government; and includes consumer for the purpose of reimbursing legal expenses as referred to in clause (d) of rule 8 of these rules;] (c) "Application' means an application in Form A-I, appended to these rules; (d) Bureau' means the Bureau of Indian Standards constituted under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act; 1986 (63 of 1986); (e) "Central Consumer Protection Council" means the Central Consumer Protection Council established under sub-section (1) of section 

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1 · 51 CONSUMER WELFARE FUND RULES, 992 R_ (d) Member (Central Excise) of the Central Board of Excise and Customs in the Department of Revenue of the Ministry of Finance [(e) SecretarylAdditional Secretary of Department of Rural Development; (f) Director GenerallAdditional Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards;] [(g) The Joint Secretary of Consumer Welfare Fund in the Ministry of Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, who shall be the member Secretary of the Committee:] [Provided that the Chairman or Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, may invite

1 · 53 CONSUMER WELFARE FUND RULES, 1992 R 8 (e) for making available grants for any other purpose recommended by the Central Consumer Protection Council [as may be considered appropriate by the Committee:] 'FORM AI (See Rule 8 of the Consumer Welfare Fund Rules, 1992) Important Please fill up this form, furnishing correct details sought for, based o verifiable true state of affairs without causing suppression of any material information which, if resorted to, shall entail prosecution under the Act. 1. Name and full postal address of the applicant 2_ Status of the applicant under clause (b) of rule 2 3_ Date of establishment 4_ Whether registered under the Societies Registra- tion Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or any other relevant Act 5_ Ifyes, number and year of registration (Attested copy of registration certificate to be enclosed) 6_ Whether the organisation is of national/State level

7 · _ Number of Managing Committee members together with list of names, addresses and occupa- tion of the office bearers 8_ Brief details of the organization, objectives and activities during the last three years 9_ Purpose for which the amount is required (Please state the details of the project and its proposed implementation) 10. Amount of grant required, itemwise details under non-recurringlrecurring to be enclosed 11. Time schedule of the activities arranged 12. The total amount incurredlinvested by the appli- cant; or likely to be incurred by the applicant 13. Sources of funding of balance amount whether the organisation is getting financial assistance from any other officiallnon-official source. If yes, give details 14. Details of prosecution, if any, in a court of law launched against the applicant; during the last five years