-The Hindu The Ease of Doing Business index was plagued with problems and deserves to be Scrapped On September 16, the World Bank Group Scrapped its flagship publication, the ‘Doing Business’ report. This report publishes the influential annual ranking of countries on the Ease of Doing Business (EDB) index. The Group acted on its commissioned study to examine the ethical issues flagged in preparing the 2018 and 2020 editions of the EDB...
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Communal hate gnaws at livelihood of the poor
-PTI/ The Telegraph Muslim Scrap dealer forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' at Madhya Pradesh village, and Muslim food seller attacked in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh on the same day One Muslim trader was coerced into chanting “Jai Shri Ram” while another was attacked for naming his food stall after a Hindu god. Two men have been arrested on the charge of forcing a Muslim Scrap dealer to chant “Jai Shri Ram” at a...
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-The Hindu Business Line Scientists, farmer groups urge FSSAI Hyderabad: Several scientists and non-governmental organisations have asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to Scrap its plans to make synthetic or chemical fortification of foods mandatory. “A major problem with the chemical fortification of foods, said the letter, is that nutrients don’t work in isolation but need each other for optimal absorption,” they said in a letter to the Food...
More »Concerned Citizens Ask FSSAI to Not Make Food Fortification Mandatory, Warn of Health and Economic Impacts
-Newsclick.in Individuals and organisations sent a letter to FSSAI saying that the chemical fortification of food is not a solution as nutrients do not work in isolation but need each other for optimal absorption. The Indian government’s plans to make mandatory the artificial fortification of certain food items has raised concerns as 170 individuals and organisations on Saturday wrote to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) urging it to...
More »Citizens ask FSSAI to stop mandatory food fortification- Warn against grave health and economic impacts in reductionist approaches to nutrition
-Press release by Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA Kisan Swaraj) dated 2 August, 2021 170 individuals and organizations along with the Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA Kisan Swaraj) have written to the FSSAI urging it to Scrap its plans to make synthetic/ chemical fortification of foods mandatory in India [1]. They cited detrimental and irreversible health and socio-economic impacts such as market shifts in favor of large...
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