Modi gov't ignores internal red flags on health risks to force fortified rice on poor| Report by Reporters Collective

[Secretariat Right to Food Campaign]

Documents accessed by The Reporters’ Collective reveal that while going ahead with the decision Modi ignored the fact that the majority of pilot projects launched by his government to test the rice’s nutritional impact had not taken off at all. The government overruled the finance ministry’s red flag calling the move “premature” before understanding its impact on human health. Sacks of fortified rice were trucked out despite the head of the country’s leading medical research body calling for wider consultations following “serious concerns” on the “adverse effects” of fortified rice on children.

The Second part of the report will be released tomorrow

https://www.reporters-collective.in/trc/despite-internal-red-flags-and-uncertain-science-modi-govt-serves-fortified-rice-to-indias-poor

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