Readers’ Voice

Strengthening DNCRP is now Public Demand

Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protections (DNCRP) routinely works for pointing and solving issues to bite out consumer complaints over commodities and services.

An anarchic situation prevails in recent days owing to unscrupulous syndicate, price hike posing a threat to market stability.

Although unscrupulous syndications seem to be tapering off compared to previous six months, there are even many working secretly, which is not acceptable.

However, this harsh reality has apparently caused terror and panic among the people.

People of our country look for majestic exertion from DNCRP despite the fact that it is a challenging situation to be diminished the ongoing circumstances with limited manpower in contemporary times.

DNCRP is seen to have great efforts to conduct operations and fix the price of commodities in open market with an aim of controlling the volatility and ensuring a reliable and stable market throughout the country.

Most importantly, the authorities concerned can no longer turn a blind eye as to their manpower which is now main obstacle to operate a sudden and impactful raid to establish a control over price hike.

All the people of our country particularly the ones who pass their lives below the poverty level really long for a breakthrough from them.

To say the least, proving lip service to update the system and increase manpower will not improve the situation. Authority must take sustainable measures to recruit manpower instantaneously for strengthening DNCRP.

MD Touhidur Rahman Tahsin
Institute of Social Welfare and Research,
University of Dhaka.