Consumer Protection Act 1986, a major step taken in 1986 by the Indian government was the enactment of the Consumer Protection Act, popularly known as COPRA.\tIt applies to all goods and services.\tIt covers all\xa0sectors, i.e., private, public and cooperative.\tThis Act provides many rights to consumers. These rights are related to safety, information, choice, representation, redressal, education etc.\tThis Act provides safety to consumers regarding defective products, dissatisfactory services and unfair trade practices. So under the purview of this Act, there is a provision to ban all those activities which can cause a risk for the\xa0consumer.\tEstablished consumer protection councils at centre and state levels.\tUnder COPRA, three-tier quasi-judicial machinery at district, state and national levels was set-up for redressal of consumer disputes. The Act has enabled the consumers to have the right to represent in the consumer courts. The enactment of COPRA has led to the setting up of separate departments of consumer affairs in central and state governments.