TMI BlogConsumer Welfare Fund.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ovided that an amount equivalent to fifty per cent. of the amount of integrated tax determined under sub-section (5) of section 54 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 , read with section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 , shall be deposited in the Fund. 2 [ Provided further that an amount equivalent to fifty per cent. of the amount of cess determined under sub-section (5) of section 54 read with section 11 of the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 (15 of 2017), shall be deposited in the Fund. ] (2) Where any amount, having been credited to the Fund, is ordered or directed to be paid to any claimant by the proper officer, appellate authority or court, the same shall be p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t to produce before it, or before a duly authorised officer of the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, such books, accounts, documents, instruments, or commodities in custody and control of the applicant, as may be necessary for proper evaluation of the application; (c) to require any applicant to allow entry and inspection of any premises, from which activities claimed to be for the welfare of consumers are stated to be carried on, to a duly authorised officer of the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be; (d) to get the accounts of the applicants audited, for ensuring proper utilisation of the grant; (e) to require any applicant, in case of any default, or suppression of materia ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... bility of funds for consumer welfare activities of the Department of Consumer Affairs is not less than twenty-five crore rupees per annum. ] (8) The Committee shall make recommendations:- (a) for making available grants to any applicant; (b) for investment of the money available in the Fund; (c) for making available grants (on selective basis) for reimbursing legal expenses incurred by a complainant, or class of complainants in a consumer dispute, after its final adjudication; (d) for making available grants for any other purpose recommended by the Central Consumer Protection Council (as may be considered appropriate by the Committee); 4 [ **** ] Explanation .- For the purposes of this rule, (a) 'Act ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ng Committee from time to time; (d) 'Central Consumer Protection Council' means the Central Consumer Protection Council, established under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), for promotion and protection of rights of consumers; (e) 'Committee' means the Committee constituted under sub-rule (4); (f) 'consumer' has the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), and includes consumer of goods on which central tax has been paid; (g) 'duty' means the duty paid under the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) or the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) ; (h) 'Fund ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... than once in three months. (6) Any agency or organisation engaged in consumer welfare activities for a period of three years registered under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) or under any other law for the time being in force, including village or mandal or 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 of Indian Standards 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, the Central Government or the State ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ce with the provisions of the Act; f. to require any applicant, or class of applicants to submit a periodical report, indicating proper utilisation of the grant; g. to reject an application placed before it on account of factual inconsistency, or inaccuracy in material particulars; h. to recommend minimum financial assistance, by way of grant to an applicant, having regard to his financial status, and importance and utility of nature of activity under pursuit, after ensuring that the financial assistance provided shall not be misutilised; i. to identify beneficial and safe sectors, where investments out of Consumer Welfare Fund may be made and make recommendations, accordingly; j. to relax the conditions required for the peri ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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