Chairperson of CSO group of Niti Aayog visited PVCHR office


 
Chairperson of CSO group of Niti Aayog, Mr. Bhanuja Sharan visited PVCHR office and PVCHR handed over a memorandum for strong and mandatory #FOPL on unregulated packaged food. He promised to bring agenda in next meeting of CSOs group of Niti Aayog.  

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