If Congress Government is formed at the Centre post to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a resolution will be passed to implement FOPL: Anil Yadav, UP Congress leader

 If Congress Government is formed at the Centre post to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a resolution will be passed to implement FOPL: Anil Yadav, UP Congress leader

Anil Yadav in  Public Dialogue on Children’s Nutritional rights and Package food Labelling on 2 December,2021 at Diamond Hotel, #Varanasi 

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Rajesh Mishra ji, former MP of Varanasi and pillar of the Congress party in UP, Lalji Desai ji, Chief Organizer of Congress Seva Dal, Samajwadi Party spokesperson Manoj ji, Roshan Kaushal Jaiswal ji, Vandana Shah ji and other speakers who have left the event. In the first place, I would like to thank Lenin ji for inviting a lesser known politician like me to discuss such a serious matter. I am grateful to Lenin ji and to all the residents of Varanasi and Kashi. Whatever has been said in this 'public dialogue' has covered most of what needs to be said. There has been a lot of progress in the country. During my childhood, my mother used to sing lullabies telling ‘how Chandamama would take milk and rice in a golden bowl’, but children would go to bed hungry. Today, India has a food grain stock of 11 million tons, and things have changed since Independence. People are talking a lot about packaged foods right now. Even if we wanted to, we cannot stop eating packaged foods. We wished that we wouldn't eat, only then you couldn't stop. Families are divided into nuclear units eating packaged foods.

Global politics are part of packaged foods that are harming people's health. As the previous speaker referred to the data, according to my understanding, 14 million children are obese and malnourished. Malnutrition has reached a critical point in the state where the Prime Minister hails from. Despite this, packaged foods abound the global marketplace and related politics. India will be the third country in the world to consume packaged food. China and the USA are the two countries ahead of India. It seems that Lenin ji gave a slight hint and Desai ji suggested perhaps you don't need to eat packaged foods at all. I remember when I was in school, I used to run away from the school to my home, there was no food left in the house, so I was told to bring four chapttis from the next door uncle's house. The circumstances have changed since then. There is no reason to borrow chapattis from the uncle next door; hatred is so intense in the society that people order pizza and burgers online, resulting in an increase in packaged food consumption.

You should know what you are eating by paying money, then what was discussed in the beginning, which was FOPL, in front the packaged foods are packed, directions or warnings in front. Furthermore, it should be mentioned that diabetics should not consume it. Since I am constantly on the move, I am well aware of the realities on the ground. In our childhood, we were served 5 to 6 sweets in a box at any event. But now, if you go in any marriage before receiving sweets, it is asked if you will eat sweets. Patients are increased. What should be discussed was labelling, what is there in something that has more sugar in it, who is passing it to the food manufacturer, the farmer does not even get 5% from packaged food. Potato growers do not even get 50 paise, but chips made from potatoes are available for Rs 20 to 25 from a packet, so it has nothing to do with the farmer, the potato grower. Nevertheless, you see that there are all the food industries whose products have hyper sugar, salt or fat, if they do labelling then what Vandana ji was saying in the beginning, how it should it be written so that it can be read quickly. There should not be a mark in any of the packet, such as 85% off in small font, terms and conditions applicable, as many things, sold in the malls. It would not be appropriate for me to reiterate what senior leaders of Congress have already said, if a Congress government is formed at the Centre post to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a resolution will be passed to implement FOPL. It concerns our children, who are future citizens of the nation. I will also discuss this with our leader so that it is included in our party's election manifesto. All of you heard me, thanks.

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