News Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Dev Kashyap
Updated Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:56 PM IST
Summary
A meeting was held a few days ago during a discussion on draft guidelines on such ‘misleading advertisements’, in which suggestions like banning junk food advertisements were given by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
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Let us inform that a meeting was held a few days ago during the discussion on the draft guidelines regarding such ‘misleading advertisements’, in which such suggestions were given by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Many tips to ban junk food ads
An official of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said that ‘many suggestions have been received to ban the advertisements of junk food aired targeting children. We are looking into these. The official said that the Ministry of Women and Child Development has given instructions to stop the advertisements of junk food during children’s programmes, health warnings in advertisements and what are the health effects of such eating.
Along with banning advertisements, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has also cited data from the National Family Health Survey, which shows the increasing obesity of children in the country. Apart from this, the Consumer Affairs Ministry official said that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has come up with a rule for displaying nutritional information on packaged food items.
Considering a higher tax on junk food
Apart from this, the government’s think tank NITI Aayog has said in its 2021-22 annual report that India is considering to impose more tax on such food items, which contain high amounts of sugar, fat and salt, to deal with the increasing obesity. Is.