INDIA’S PATANJALI AYURVED PLOTS EXPANSION OF SALES OVERSEAS, AS DOMESTIC REVENUES BOOM
January 1st, 2017
India’s Patanjali Ayurved Ltd has rejected a December (2016) ruling against the booming packaged food company in a misbranding case as politically motivated and will appeal, the company’s managing director Acharya Balkrishna told just-food in an exclusive interview.
Mr Balkrishna, who also owns 94% of the company shares, criticised the judgement from the additional district magistrate in Patanjali Ayurved’s home city of Haridwar, Uttarakhand, who fined the company Indian Rupees INR1.1 million Rupees (USD16,100) for selling certain food products, including ...
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