The government today expressed hope that new Consumer Protection Bill 2015, will be passed in the forthcoming Budget session of Parliament which aims at imposing harsh penalties on endorsement of misleading advertisement. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said, Centre has made sweeping changes in the Bill as it now provides huge penalties on celebrities endorsing misleading advertisements and ban such offenders for up to three years. In August this year, the Centre had introduced the Bill in Lok Sabha, to repeal the 30-year-old Consumer Protection Act. <br/><br/>He said, the bill also seeks to create a consumer protection authority to fast-track grievance redressal of consumers.