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Ankit Vani: A Hindi bi-monthly magazine for neo-literate women on literacy, health, environment, self-employment and self-empowerment issues. This is a public-interest initiative supported by the National Literacy Mission, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

Sarthak Vani: A Hindi bi-monthly magazine for neo-literate, rural women on Science & Technology popularization. This public-interest initiative supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India was initiated in January 2004 and was wrapped up in 2006 after running successfully for two years.

Food standards and safety in a globalised world- this book captures and addresses diverse perspectives of food safety issues for consumer education and awareness. It not only discusses food security problems in Indian context with relevance to indigenous foods but also analyse how the indigenous foods offer a better nutritional and sustainable alternative. The health and environmental issues connected with genetically modified foods have also been analysed in great detail.

Possible steps to enhance energy efficiency in CFLs, Ballasts and Ceiling Fans- this is a special report on promoting energy efficiency, published in October 2005. A research study and test was done on 14 popular brands of 15W CFLs, Magnetic Ballasts and 12 brands of Ceiling fans by VOICE (India) and SLEMA (Sri Lanka). The objectives of this study addresses on key objectives to disseminate the test results for consumer awareness and sensitize NSBs (National Standard Bodies), policy makers on possibility of saving Energy on existing brands and assist NSBs in implementation of EE (Energy Efficiency) Standards in the country and region.

Investors Guide- the household investor forms the majority in capital market investment. But more often than not, the investors suffer losses due to lack of information about the functioning of financial market. Thus edition first and second of investors guide aims to protect such investors from any potential loss as these have information relating to the rights of investors, financial market, securities, depository and dematerialization, problems in capital market and law enforcement agencies etc.

A study on availability and prices of medicines in India- in order to understand the problems pertaining to availability, price variation and drug quality, VOICE carried out a study of three types of respondents: first, patients visiting hospitals and chemist shops; secondly, retailers selling medicines and thirdly, service providers such as hospitals/nursing homes both in the private and public sectors. The results of the study are compiled in this book.

Report of Asia Codex Training Workshop on Infant Food and Safety Issues- in November 2001 a workshop was organized by VOICE in collaboration with Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI). The main theme of the workshop was to sensitise, train and involve NGOs of developing countries of Asia for an overall understanding of the Codex process on Infant Food and Safety Issues. The outcome of the workshop has been documented in detail in this report.

Perceptions and expectations of consumer organizations in the South East Asia regional countries on tobacco related issues- the book has been published by VOICE to specifically map out the tobacco control activities in the south East Asian Region in consultation with the members of Consumers International and World Health Organisation.

An evaluation study on the implementation of National Laws on packed food products- realizing the need for citizen groups and consumer organizations to develop a campaign to build awareness within the community and also facilitate the government agencies to be able to monitor the market place the entry of mislabeled or unsafe products, VOICE conducted this study. The study has documented the existing level of effectiveness of our regulatory mechanisms as per the national laws. This monograph is part of a campaign kit to facilitate citizen groups and consumer organizations to attract the attention of the consumers and the respective State Governments to effectively implement the existing laws concerning mandatory information on labels to inform, educate and protect the consumers.

A study on the regulatory framework for consumer redress in the health care sector in India- the paucity of knowledge regarding the current system of redress in the health sector in India called for this study in order to provide an in-depth account of the functioning of the prevailing system of patient redress. Further such a study was also required to find out malpractices, denial of services and issues of medical malpractice by medical practitioners, assess the nature of litigation, types of cases submitted to consumer court and response of existing medical institutional mechanism. This report covers all this and have made number of suggestions to improve the functioning of Consumer For a, to augment consumer awareness and their empowerment.

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