Year-End Review 2025: Driving Digital Justice, Consumer Trust and Quality in India’s Marketplace

• Annual stock-take by the Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA), Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, covering CY 2025 reforms in consumer protection, standards and legal metrology.
• Theme: digital justice, consumer trust, quality — operationalised via e-Jagriti, NCH 2.0, BIS hallmarking expansion, Legal Metrology amendments, and NTH modernisation.
• UPSC relevance: GS-II (governance, statutory bodies) + GS-III (technology, market regulation) — examiner-favoured for fact recall on schemes/Acts of 2025-26.