PIPAL: People’s Initiative for Participatory Action for food Labelling

 

Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) and PIPAL  successfully organized a  MPs Round-table:  Children Nutrition and Ultra-Processed food on 20th March, 2023 in Deputy Speaker Hall of Constitution Club of India, New Delhi . In the round table senior Members of Parliament, Politician, and civil society representatives, called for urgent policy measures to make healthier foods available in the market and introduce clear warnings on packaged food to guide people’s choices.   Shri Imran Pratapgarhi, Member of Parliament – Rajya Sabha (Maharastra) ,  Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry,  Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare and Chairman, National Minority Department, AII India National Congress said, “ In September, 2022 a delegation from PVCHR meet with him.  In winter session of the parliament he raised on the Health Attack and Sudden death  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ6FU4BU_Zc  .  I will raise the issue on FOPL in the he

Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) and PIPAL  successfully organized a  MPs Round-table:  Children Nutrition and Ultra-Processed food on 20th March, 2023 in Deputy Speaker Hall of Constitution Club of India, New Delhi . In the round table senior Members of Parliament, Politician, and civil society representatives, called for urgent policy measures to make healthier foods available in the market and introduce clear warnings on packaged food to guide people’s choices. Shri Ashok Thakur, Director NAFED and incharge of Bhartiya Janta Party – New Delhi said,  “ The government will have to fix the cost of production. Because the profit margin in this industry is unlimited” . https://healthofchidren.blogspot.com/2023/04/mps-round-table-children-nutrition-and.html #FSSAI #Food #FOPL #PacketKeAdarKyaHai Please listen his full speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx0jThAkvxU

Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) and PIPAL  successfully organized a  MPs Round-table:  Children Nutrition and Ultra-Processed food on 20th March, 2023 in Deputy Speaker Hall of Constitution Club of India, New Delhi . In the round table senior Members of Parliament, Politician, and civil society representatives, called for urgent policy measures to make healthier foods available in the market and introduce clear warnings on packaged food to guide people’s choices. Kamal Kishor Commando, Ex-Member of Parliament and senior leader of Indian National Congress said,    I request all the honorable Member of Parliament to bring this issue in the parliament. https://healthofchidren.blogspot.com/2023/04/mps-round-table-children-nutrition-and.html #FSSAI #Food #FOPL #PacketKeAdarKyaHai Please listen his full speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyryrq1lTy8

Shri Feroze Varun Gandhi , Member of Parliament –Pilibhit  Shri Kamal KishoreCommando- Senior leader of Indian National Congress and Former Member of Parliament  Ms. Meenakshi Natrajan, Senior leader of Indian National Congress and Former Member of Parliament Dr. Sanjeev Balyan, Member of Parliament - Sanjeev Baliyan and Minister of State for Agriculture and food processing  Dr. Mahendra Munjpara Minister of State for AYUSH and Minister of State for Woman and Child Development. Ramdas Bandu Athawale, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment,  Government of India Shri Sanjay Seth, Member of Parliament Ranchi Shri Jai Prakash, Member of Parliament Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh) Smt. Sunita Duggal, Member of Parliament Sirsa (Haryana) Smt. Sajda Ahmed, Member of Parliament Uluberia (West Bengal) Smt Navneet Ravi Rana, Member of Parliament Amravati Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri Pinkai Misra, Member of Parliament Puri (Odisha)

 

 

  29 th  March, 2022  PVCHR delegation met   Shri Pakauri Lal Kol, MP , who supported the demand for strong, mandatory and alert level FOPL.   He wrote  Union Health Minister in the support of front of packed labelling with warning label. 

  Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) since its inception was working on the child health and nutrition. During our visit and focus group discussion with mothers, Kismatti, whose three years old son died due to hunger said, “We cook once in three or four days, can our children be healthy? We on the urgent basis intervened in the case of malnutrition (underweight), starvation and hunger death of most marginalized communities and weavers in Uttar Pradesh.   We were successful in advocating with state Government for providing emergency assistance of 1000 INR through village council.   It enabled Supreme Court food commissioner, National Human Rights Commission and Member of Planning commission to visit the target areas and communities for creating specific strategies to curb the malnutrition’s. We used different strategies and tools for bringing the voice of survivor in the corridor of policy makers. 1.     In 2007 the issue of starvation and malnourishment was also p