New Delhi, Dec 22 (Bureau) The government of India will have a new project called the time dissemination project that will have its own GPS satellite system, said Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs. This will help solve cybercrime issues, said Rohit while speaking at the Public Affairs Forum of India’s (PAFI) Dialogue on the theme, “Balancing Consumer Interest with Ease of Doing Business” held in New Delhi on Thursday.. Announcing that the government will soon come out with a new set of standards for Artificial Intelligence (AI, he said the government is working with the US government to understand more aspects of AI. “Cabinet has approved a bill for decriminalization which will be introduced soon, ‘’ he said. Speaking about how the department of consumer affairs handles various issues like price stabilization and other administrative and huge infrastructure issues, he said the department is finding the root cause and issues related to consumer affairs to address them”.
Unless the firms are competitive, only then the economy will grow, he said the Department of Consumer Affairs has issued a consumer helpline number, The service is receiving more complaints from E-commerce consumers which has gone up to 48 per cent from 8 per cent during the last one year. “Anonymity between consumer and the service is the cause for this increased participation. The relationship between the consumer and the service has gone because of the E-commerce services which makes the consumer weaker”, he added.