INDIAN FOOD SECTOR CONCERN OVER CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
January 1st, 2017
The Indian food processing industry is calling for detailed discussion on reports that the central government is planning to impose sugar and fat taxes on what it regards as ‘junk food’.
Sagar Kurade, president of All India Food Processors' Association, in New Delhi, is concerned that such taxes could be announced in the government’s next budget, due to be presented on February 1.
He warned that such proposals contained potential pitfalls. One on the definition of foods that could be covered by sugar and fat taxes: “There is no such thing defined in ...
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