๐ทAdvertisements that mislead consumers are commonplace. The purpose of misleading advertisements is to somehow exploit consumers. If you notice any misleading advertisements, you can file a complaint online at wwww.ascionline.org
๐ท Complaints regarding advertisements appearing on television channels can be sent to the mail of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
๐ท False claims and advertisements about medicines are offenses under the Drugs and magic remedies act. The complaint can be made to the State Drugs Control Authority.
๐ท Complaints about false advertisements about food items can be made to the Food safety and Standards authority.
๐ทFalse claims about insurance policies irda.gov. Complaints can be registered on the website.
๐ทComplaints against Banks and Non-Banking Financial Institutions rbi.org. can be registered on the website.
Advertisements should be shown only for 12 minutes per hour in programs on television channels.
Under the Consumer Act 2 (1) (r) the consumer can approach the Consumer Commission against false and misleading advertisement. If any kind of consumer exploitation misrepresentation is spread in newspaper advertisements, flux boards, notices, wall writings, TV commercials, you can certainly complain.
