Ear To The Ground

FELICITATED BY MY ALMA MATER, HANSRAJ COLLEGE PRINCIPAL. DR RAMA (ON THE RIGHT) AND MAHENDRA  GOEL (2nd TO THE LEFT), PRESIDENT HANSRAJ COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ON ITS 75th ANNIVERSARY. IT  IS AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE HONOURED AS ONE OF THE LUMINARIES OF MY ALMA MATER. 

  The FOPL policy aims to inform the consumer in a very simple way whether the food is hazardous to them or not, whether it contains more salt, sugar and oil .  If there is more salt, sugar, or fat in the product, one label needs to be inserted, which the food industry is resisting. Thus, it is being seen in some countries that the industry reformulates the food, and reduces salt, sugar, and fat. FOPL is being adopted by a number of countries. Log in at the following links to read the stories in detail: https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2022/02/political-parties-ask-for-strong-fopl-to-regulate-packaged-foods https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2021/11/pvchr-leads-a-campaign-for-fopl-to-regulate-indias-junk-food-consumption-and-reduce-ncds

The double burden of malnutrition (DBM) the conjunction of undernutrition and overweight, obesity, and non-communicable diseases in the post-COVID period has been worrying the mothers in the Musahar villages of the Badagaon administrative block of Varanasi district. When the Central Government is planning for Front of Package Labelling (FOPL) regulations control the poorest of the children consuming ultra –processed with high salt, sugar and fat cheaper packets of noodles, chips, noodles etc. Log in at the following links to read the story: https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/13/21550/Double-Malnutrition-Worries-Young-Mothers-in-Musahar-Villages https://english.junputh.com/open-space/double-burden-of-malnutrition-worries-young-mothers-in-musahar-villages/ https://junputh.com/open-space/double-burden-of-malnutrition-worries-mothers-in-musahar-villages/

AWARDED TILKA MAJHI NATIONAL AWARD 2021 BY EMINENT GANDHIAN RADHA BHATT & OTHERS FOR JOURNALISM, RESEARCH, AUTHORING & GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM AT GANDHI PEACE FOUNDATION

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  Neo-liberal economic policies launched by India’s Central Government in 1990’s launched the twin onslaughts of communalism and ‘economic reforms’ undoubtedly sharpened and exacerbated the perceptions among the marginalized communities like small farmers, pastoralists, fishers and fish workers, Adivasi, Dalits and minorities and their livelihoods, lifestyles and identities are under further threat. The present Central Government led by Narendra Modi and BJP further accentuated the crisis and changed how economic indicators such as real GDP and unemployment are calculated, they cannot hide the reality of the working class - falling incomes, declining jobs, little to no social support, increasing labour rights violations, worsening environmental conditions, regressive agricultural policies and a general fear of life for India's most marginalized sections and oppressed citizens . Log in for the full study at http://ielaind.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ABMKSS-Study-on-Local-Self-G...

Protests by farmers are an expression of their anger at Modi and BJP policies favouring the capitalist class and pushing the farmers and workers to the brink of disaster. Since the 1990’s neo-liberal policies have sowed the seeds of despair for farmers and the working class.  Modi and the BJP have accentuated the crisis and changed how economic indicators such as real GDP and unemployment are calculated, they cannot hide the reality of the working class - falling incomes, declining jobs, little to no social support, increasing labour rights violations, worsening environmental conditions, regressive agricultural policies and a general fear of life for India's most marginalized sections and oppressed citizens. Amidst the aggressive pro-capitalist reforms of Modi and the BJP, farmers and workers are taking risks and putting up a brave front against capitalist exploitation. Log in at for the full study http://ielaind.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ABMKSS-Study-on-Local-Self-Governance...