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Government Reviewing Options To Tax Obesity Inducing Food Items: Report
- Sunday February 27, 2022
- Business | Edited by Animesh Singh
Government could consider taxing food items high on sugar, fat and salt content and which don't have front-of-the-pack labelling
- www.ndtv.com/business
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5 Ways Junk Food is Harming Your Body Without You Knowing It
- Wednesday May 10, 2017
- India News | Edited by Plavaneeta Borah
With the number of obesity cases shockingly on the rise across the country, state governments are starting to take effective measures to stop the main culprit - junk food. While there have been cases of banning sale of junk food in school canteens and talks of fat tax, now FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has also recommended an...
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Ban Fast Food Advertisements and Hike Taxes on Them: FSSAI
- Wednesday May 10, 2017
- NDTV Food Desk
FSSAI has recommended additional tax on processed food and sugar-sweetened beverages, and also called for a blanket ban on advertising of junk foods
- food.ndtv.com
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50,000 Guests At Big Fat Reddy Wedding In Bengaluru. And A Few Taxmen
- Wednesday November 16, 2016
- Karnataka News | Reported by Harish Upadhya
50,000 people attended a wedding in Bengaluru hosted by politician and mining tycoon G Janardhana Reddy. Not invited, but present nevertheless, were some tax officers who, according to sources, were discreetly appraising the lavish arrangements.
- www.ndtv.com
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Britain Seeks To Fight The Fat With Soft Drinks Sugar Levy
- Thursday August 18, 2016
- Health | Reuters
Britain on Thursday launched a strategy aimed at curbing childhood obesity by taxing companies which sell sugar-laced soft drinks and investing that money in programmes to encourage physical activity and balanced diets for school children.
- www.ndtv.com
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According to Cardiologists Fat Tax May Help to Combat Obesity
- Thursday July 21, 2016
- Indo-Asian News Service
A fat tax on high-calorie foods to encourage healthier lifestyle choices needs to be enforced universally on all foods containing trans fats rather than partially on fast foods, a leading cardiologist has suggested.
- food.ndtv.com
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Foreign Media On Kerala's 'Fat Tax' And The Global Experience
- Wednesday July 13, 2016
- Kerala News | Mary Hui, The Washington Post
The opening salvos of the fight against fat have been fired in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
- www.ndtv.com
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Kerala to Introduce 'Fat Tax': 14.5% to be Levied on Fast Food Chains like McDonald's
- Thursday July 14, 2016
- sparshita saxena
The Kerala government plans to impose additional tax on ready-to-eat chapatis by introducing 5% tax on packaged wheat products
- food.ndtv.com
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After Bihar's Tax On Samosas, Kerala's 'Fat Tax' On Burgers, Pizzas
- Friday July 8, 2016
- Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
The Left government headed by Pinarayi Vijayan has introduced a "fat tax" of 14.5 per cent on restaurants that sell junk food like burgers, pizzas and doughnuts.
- www.ndtv.com
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'Fat Tax' Can Boost Healthy Foods' Demand: Study
- Sunday December 27, 2015
- Health | Indo-Asian News Service
Small price differences in food products, which mimic a "fat tax", can be highly effective in shifting consumer demand from high calorie to healthier low calorie alternatives, say authors of a study that included Indians.
- www.ndtv.com
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Lavish Wedding Alert in Karnataka. Luxury Tax Could Apply
- Tuesday June 17, 2014
- Karnataka News | Reported by Radhika Iyer, Edited by Sanchari Bhattacharya
Big fat weddings across Karnataka could soon be crashed by a new luxury tax the government wants to impose.
- www.ndtv.com
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Government Reviewing Options To Tax Obesity Inducing Food Items: Report
- Sunday February 27, 2022
- Business | Edited by Animesh Singh
Government could consider taxing food items high on sugar, fat and salt content and which don't have front-of-the-pack labelling
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
5 Ways Junk Food is Harming Your Body Without You Knowing It
- Wednesday May 10, 2017
- India News | Edited by Plavaneeta Borah
With the number of obesity cases shockingly on the rise across the country, state governments are starting to take effective measures to stop the main culprit - junk food. While there have been cases of banning sale of junk food in school canteens and talks of fat tax, now FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has also recommended an...
- www.ndtv.com
-
Ban Fast Food Advertisements and Hike Taxes on Them: FSSAI
- Wednesday May 10, 2017
- NDTV Food Desk
FSSAI has recommended additional tax on processed food and sugar-sweetened beverages, and also called for a blanket ban on advertising of junk foods
- food.ndtv.com
-
50,000 Guests At Big Fat Reddy Wedding In Bengaluru. And A Few Taxmen
- Wednesday November 16, 2016
- Karnataka News | Reported by Harish Upadhya
50,000 people attended a wedding in Bengaluru hosted by politician and mining tycoon G Janardhana Reddy. Not invited, but present nevertheless, were some tax officers who, according to sources, were discreetly appraising the lavish arrangements.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Britain Seeks To Fight The Fat With Soft Drinks Sugar Levy
- Thursday August 18, 2016
- Health | Reuters
Britain on Thursday launched a strategy aimed at curbing childhood obesity by taxing companies which sell sugar-laced soft drinks and investing that money in programmes to encourage physical activity and balanced diets for school children.
- www.ndtv.com
-
According to Cardiologists Fat Tax May Help to Combat Obesity
- Thursday July 21, 2016
- Indo-Asian News Service
A fat tax on high-calorie foods to encourage healthier lifestyle choices needs to be enforced universally on all foods containing trans fats rather than partially on fast foods, a leading cardiologist has suggested.
- food.ndtv.com
-
Foreign Media On Kerala's 'Fat Tax' And The Global Experience
- Wednesday July 13, 2016
- Kerala News | Mary Hui, The Washington Post
The opening salvos of the fight against fat have been fired in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Kerala to Introduce 'Fat Tax': 14.5% to be Levied on Fast Food Chains like McDonald's
- Thursday July 14, 2016
- sparshita saxena
The Kerala government plans to impose additional tax on ready-to-eat chapatis by introducing 5% tax on packaged wheat products
- food.ndtv.com
-
After Bihar's Tax On Samosas, Kerala's 'Fat Tax' On Burgers, Pizzas
- Friday July 8, 2016
- Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
The Left government headed by Pinarayi Vijayan has introduced a "fat tax" of 14.5 per cent on restaurants that sell junk food like burgers, pizzas and doughnuts.
- www.ndtv.com
-
'Fat Tax' Can Boost Healthy Foods' Demand: Study
- Sunday December 27, 2015
- Health | Indo-Asian News Service
Small price differences in food products, which mimic a "fat tax", can be highly effective in shifting consumer demand from high calorie to healthier low calorie alternatives, say authors of a study that included Indians.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Lavish Wedding Alert in Karnataka. Luxury Tax Could Apply
- Tuesday June 17, 2014
- Karnataka News | Reported by Radhika Iyer, Edited by Sanchari Bhattacharya
Big fat weddings across Karnataka could soon be crashed by a new luxury tax the government wants to impose.
- www.ndtv.com