jalebi_bhai Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 The Vadra case also seems like a quid pro quo deal. BJP has the central govt' date=' Haryana govt and Rajasthan govt but I don't think any action has been taken till now.[/quote'] They are waiting for the right time to use it politically I think. I would strongly advice against that. Congress mein bacha kya hai? Unless Congress has some dirt on the BJP, I don't see the point. From where this time around?
amiret Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 BJP MP from Allahabad Shyama Charan Gupta is a funny man. ..said that the tobacco industry was being unfairly targeted by a powerful lobby in India. The MP, who owns Shyam Bidi Works.... had recently questioned “Why cannot doctors explain why chain smokers do not get cancer?" :haha: "Why are we working under WHO (World Health Organization) pressure?" and even invoked Narendra Modi’s ‘Make-in India campaign’ to defend his stand, the MP seemed to downplay his comments later on Thursday ... make BIDIS in India :hysterical:. You can't make this S**T up. LINK
Texan Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 The Vadra case also seems like a quid pro quo deal. BJP has the central govt, Haryana govt and Rajasthan govt but I don't think any action has been taken till now. Meanwhile Khemka got his 46th transfer in 24 years. A really honest and gutsy officer sent to the museums department!!! Rajasthan government has taken steps against Vadra. http://m.firstpost.com/india/more-trouble-brewing-for-robert-vadra-rajasthan-cancels-mutation-of-land-bought-by-his-firm-2029125.html
diga Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 But biggest honest officer in world never got moved. who is that?
asterix Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 who is that? The "Meri Kya Aukaat Hain" guy.... :giggle:
Khalpat Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 New Delhi: A BJP parliamentarian from Assam says that anyone who believes that smoking causes cancer should consider this - "I know two elderly people who drank a bottle of alcohol and smoked 60 cigarettes every day. One is still alive, the other died at 86." Evidence, according to Ram Prasad Sarmah, that "Whether smoking causes cancer or not is debatable." They are taking chutiyep to a different level.
amiret Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 BJP MP Dilip Kumar Gandhi : "Tobacco actually improves digestion.” :hysterical: Gandhi, head of parliamentary panel on subordinate legislation examining the provisions of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, "There is no study which shows that tobacco causes cancer…there are people who have chewed tobacco but survived for 100 years."
The Outsider Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 [/Closet Sanghi] Don't bother about what anyone from the BJP or government is saying or doing. Just listen to Jaahil in Chief's Mann Ki Baat. [/Closet Sanghi]
FischerTal Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 How the NIA thwarted a 26/11-like attack by ISI agents based in Sri Lanka Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/46801263.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
FischerTal Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 India threatening criminal probe over black money: Swiss regulator Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/india-threatening-criminal-probe-over-black-money-swiss-regulator/article1-1333746.aspx
Texan Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 PM in favour of larger pictorial warnings on tobacco products: Sources NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come out in support of larger pictorial warnings on tobacco products, according to Times Now. The Prime Minister has directed Union health ministry to sanction 60-65% pictorial warnings ignoring the recommendations of a parliamentary panel, the news channel reported quoting sources. According to reports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also discussed the issue of conflict of interest in the parliamentary panel with senior leaders. The PM wants the leaders with conflict of interest out of the panel. Finance minister Arun Jaitley, speaking to reporters in Bengaluru where BJP is holding its national executive, stressed on the need to reduce consumption of tobacco. Arun Jaitley dismissed the comments made by some BJP MPs favouring tobacco industry as 'individual opinions'. "The collective thinking of the government on this issue is reflected in the two budgets that I have presented," Arun Jaitley said. However, when questioned by reporters about the party's stand on the issue of conflict of interest, the finance minister avoided a direct reply and said it is for Parliament to decide. At least three BJP leaders had in the last few days come out with statements in support of the tobacco lobby claiming that there was no scientific evidence to show that smoking causes cancer. The health ministry had put on hold its decision to carry bigger pictorial warnings on cigarette and other tobacco product packages from April 1 this year. The move came in the wake of an interim report from a parliamentary committee on subordinate legislation seeking more time from the government to hear all stakeholders and keeping the decision to implement bigger warnings in abeyance until it submits its final report. The committee, headed by BJP MP from Maharashtra Dilip M Gandhi, is looking into the proposed amendments to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2008. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PM-in-favour-of-larger-pictorial-warnings-on-tobacco-products-Sources/articleshow/46804493.cms
amiret Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Original proposal for pictorial warning was 85% . The parl panel held it at 40% 60-65% seems to be a compromise formula arrived at by the PMO. Modi Govt should avoid compromising with the health of the people and abide by the original Govt recommendation and as advocated by the WHO .
Precambrian Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Feck off. Why. Then not. Call for a tobacco ban
seedhi Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Original proposal for pictorial warning was 85% . The parl panel held it at 40% 60-65% seems to be a compromise formula arrived at by the PMO. Modi Govt should avoid compromising with the health of the people and abide by the original Govt recommendation and as advocated by the WHO .Can you post some link showing that WHO has specifically advocated for 85% pictorial warning?
Precambrian Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Yep, smokers going to be measure th percentage of warning and then decide to quit.
surajmal Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 So apparently, (bigger) warnings will dissuade people. Because they have worked so far. Ohh wait, Goras are doing it, so it must work. A day will come when a gungadeen's voice will be equivalent to a fart. I await that day eagerly.
Texan Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 LOL! So, if you can't read and understand a message plastered on 65% of the packaging, then 85% is going to help. :giggle: By the way, United States has the smallest proportion of warning of most countries on cigarette packs and probably does not even have a pictorial warning (I have never smoked or bothered to observe a cigarette pack at close range). Yet, smoking rates in the US have been in a secular decline since the 1970s I think.
amiret Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Oct 16, 2014, NEW DELHI: The government has made it mandatory for tobacco companies to carry health warnings covering at least 85% of the surface of cigarette packets, making India the world leader in implementing plain packaging of tobacco products as advocated by the World Health Organisation. This was later referred to the parliamentary panel. LINK " Earlier, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) had constituted an Expert Group for Development of Pictorial Health Warnings for tobacco products with representation from MoHFW, WHO India, BIoomberg Initiative partners, Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) and a few other experts. The committee members supported the decision to design/develop pack warnings and field-test them for their efficacy. Union health minister, Harsh Vardhan, said, “Graphic health warnings using a mixture of pictures and words are part and parcel of every country’s policy on cigarette marketing. Many studies have established that the inclusion of larger and more noticeable health warnings on packages significantly impact life expectancy rates and lead to savings on medical costs.” I wonder why Mr.Harsh Vardhan is silent nowadays . Is he no longer the health Minister ?
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