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10% of posts vacant in consumer disputes redressal fora: Paswan

The grievance redressal is the maximum at the district level with 92.19% cases disposed off

Ram Vilas Paswan
Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 18 2015 | 3:46 PM IST
About 10 per cent of sanctioned posts of President and members are vacant at the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Rajya Sabha was informed today.

The vacancy stood at 17 per cent at the district level, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan told the Upper House during Question Hour.

Replying to a question, he said 44 per cent posts of President and members are vacant in Andhra Pradesh.

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Figures of the number of cases filed, disposed and pending show that 89.86 per cent of cases filed before the Commission at the national level have been disposed off, while 86.19 per cent of cases have been disposed at state level grievance redressal commissions.

The grievance redressal is the maximum at the district level with 92.19 per cent cases disposed off.

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First Published: Dec 18 2015 | 3:00 PM IST

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