Check out NAPi's advocacy on matters relating to nutrition, such as ultra-processed food (UPF), front of package labelling systems (FOPL), malnutrition, etc.
Front of Package Labelling Systems /Marketing / Adverting / Taxes on HFSS and Ultra-Processed Food Products (2020-2024)
- Letter to Shri. Apurva Chandra, Secretary, MoHFW Reminder: Request for Appointment to Discuss Regulation of Ultra-processed Foods, 18 March 2024
- Letter to Smt. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, Chairperson, Press Council of India about Follow up of the letter sent on 14 February 2024 seeking Intervention and Amendment to the Press Council Act 1978, 5 March 2024
- Letter to Smt. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, Chairperson, Press Council of India about Follow up of the letter sent on 14 February 2024 seeking Intervention and Amendment to the Press Council Act 1978, 18 March 2024
- Letter to Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, & Secretary, Ministry of Railways about Proposal to avoid High Fat, High Sugar and High Salt Food Products in Railways, 8 March 2024
- Letter to Smt. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, Chairperson,Press Council of India about seeking Intervention and Amendment to the Press Council Act 1978, 14 February 2024
- Letter to Shri. Thomas A. Sangma, National General Secretary, National People's Party, about seeking an appointment with you to discuss how to halt the rising consumption of Junk Food in the Indian population, 15 February 2024
- Letter to Secretary, MoHFW about Why There is a Need to Prioritise Regulation of Ultra-processed Foods and HFSS Foods in India, 5 February 2024
- Letter to Shri Pankaj Kumar Gupta,National Secretary, Member, National Executive,Aam Aadmi Party about seeking an appointment with you to discuss how to halt the rising consumption of Junk Food in the Indian population, 29 January 2024
- Letter to Shri. P Chidambaram, Chairman of the Congress’s Manifesto Committee 2023 about seeking an appointment with you to discuss how to halt the rising consumption of Junk Food in the Indian population, 29 January 2024
- Letter to Shri. Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist), about seeking an appointment with you to discuss how to halt the rising consumption of Junk Food in the Indian population, 29 January 2024
- Letter to, Shri. B. L. Santhosh,National General Secretary (ORG.),BJP about seeking an appointment with you to discuss how to halt the rising consumption of Junk Food in the Indian population, 25 January 2024
- Letter to Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution about Request for Review and Action on Misleading Advertisement for Renochlor Tablets, 5th December 2023
- Letter to Chief Executive Officer, FSSAI about Request for Action Against Misleading Advertisement of Renochlor Tablets, 5th December 2023
- Letter to Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development about Acceleration of implementation of the National multi -sectoral Plan of Action (NMAP) for Prevention and Control of common Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) (2017-22)–Strategic action area : Health Promotion with the key outcome to reduce the risk factors i.e., consumption of unhealthy diets, 5th December 2023
- Letter to Secretary, Ministry of Railways about Acceleration of implementation of the National multi -sectoral Plan of Action (NMAP) for Prevention and Control of common Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) (2017-22)–Strategic action area : Health Promotion with the key outcome to reduce the risk factors i.e., consumption of unhealthy diets, 5th December 2023
- Letter to Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance about Acceleration of implementation of the National multi -sectoral Plan of Action (NMAP) for Prevention and Control of common Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) (2017-22)–Strategic action area : Health Promotion with the key outcome to reduce the risk factors i.e., consumption of unhealthy diets, 5th December 2023
- Letter to Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting about Acceleration of implementation of the National multi -sectoral Plan of Action (NMAP) for Prevention and Control of common Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) (2017-22)–Strategic action area : Health Promotion with the key outcome to reduce the risk factors i.e., consumption of unhealthy diets, 1st December 2023
- Letter to, Shri. Sudhansh Pant, Secretary , MOHFW about Acceleration of implementation of the National multi -sectoral Plan of Action (NMAP) for Prevention and Control of common Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) (2017-22)–Strategic action area : Health Promotion with the key outcome to reduce the risk factors i.e., consumption of unhealthy diets, 28th Nov 2023
- Letter to Secretary, MoHFW about Sharing the report “The Junk Push: Rising Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in India- Policy , Politics and Reality, 29th September 2023
- NAPi was invited to be a ‘Member’ of the Interdepartmental Committee to prepare guidelines on protecting consumer against unhealthy food products by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Department of Consumer Affairs dated 21 August 2023
- Letter to, Hon’ble Prime Minister, GOI about Statement on the Rise of Diabetes in India Prevention is Better than Cure, 14th June 2023
- Letter to CEO,FSSAI about Complaint of Misleading advertisement of “Parle G Royale” Biscuits by the company Parle Products Pvt. Ltd. Parle Products Pvt. Ltd. V.S. Khandekar Marg,Vile Parle East Mumbai - 400057, Maharashtra in the Sunday Times of India Dated 4th June 2023, 5th June 2023
- Letter to Chairperson, NCPCR about Request to take action against promotion of misleading advertisement, 5th June 2023
- Letter to Minister of State, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GOI about Request to take action against promotion of misleading advertisement, 5th June 2023
- Letter to The Central Consumer Protection Authority, New Delhi about Complaint of Misleading advertisement of “Parle G Royale” Biscuits by the company Parle Products Pvt. Ltd. Parle Products Pvt. Ltd. V.S.Khandekar Marg, Vile Parle East Mumbai - 400057,Maharashtra in the Sunday Times of India , 4th June 2023
- Letter to Additional Secretary (CA),Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution about follow up on the complaint against "Real Juice" by Dabur India Ltd featuring celebrity Ms. Kareena Kapoor (12 August 2022) , 29th May 2023
- Letter to Chairperson, NCPCR about Bournvita Issues, 29th May 2023.
- Letter to Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister, MoHFW about Preventing NCDs: Bill to 1) harmonise Food Safety Regulations with the Consumer Protection Act 2019 and 2)objectively define “Healthy Food 29th May 2023
- Letter to Sh. Amitabh Bachchan on association with Britannia Milk Bikis Biscuits, 28th December 2022
- Letter to CEO, FSSAI,GOI, about Inclusion of ultra-processed foods within the regulatory framework,31st August 2022
- Letter to President of India about Intervention to ensure constitutional and human rights to adequate health for Indian population, 18th August 2022
- Letter to Sh. Narender Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister, GOI about Request to constitute a GOM for Genetically Modified or Engineered Foods and Withdrawal of a Draft Notification of FSSAI of 17 Nov 21, 22nd February 2022
- Concept Note on Inclusion of ultra-processed foods within the regulatory framework, 14th February 2022
- Letter to Chief Executive Officer about Draft Regulations on GM Foods put out by FSSAI for public feedback - reg, 3rd February 2022
- Comments on FSSAI Draft Notification regarding Food Safety and Standards on FOPNL
- Letter to CEO, FSSAI,GOI, about Sharing findings of a published study from India and news from Argentina, 30th August 2022
- Letter to Mr. Amit Khare, Advisor PM, GOI ,11th May 2022
- Letter to Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood,Principal Scientific Adviser,GOI,4th May 2022
- Letter to Minister of State, Ministry of Science and Technology, GOI, 4th May 2022
- Letter to AS, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, GOI ,4th May 2022
- Letter to, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Health Minister,MOHFW ,GOI ,4th May 2022
- Letter to Sh. Amit Khare, Advisor PM, GOI, 4th May 2022
- Letter to CEO, FSSAI,GOI, 4th May 2022
- Letter to, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Health Minister, MOHFW ,GOI, 4th April 2022
- A Letter issued by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, MP (Lok Sabha) to Health Minister regarding Science Based Front of Pack Labels (FOPL) on Unhealthy Food Products.
- Letter to Shri Arun Singhal, Chief Executive Officer, FSSAI, 4th April 2022
- A letter issued by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, MP (Lok Sabha) to CEO FSSAI regarding Science Based Front of Pack Labels (FOPL) on Unhealthy Food Products.
- Letter to Shri Piyush Goyal Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, GOI, 23rd March 2022
- Letter to Sh. Narender Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister, GOI about Concerns Reg. FSSAI’s Decision to Include Health Star Rating in Draft Regulation, 11th March 2022
- List of endorsers for Warning Labels on Unhealthy foods as the FOPL for India
- Letter to Shri Arun Singhal, Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI),GOI, about Front of Pack Labelling Regulations, our submissions, 10th June 2021
- Letter to Amb T.S. Tirumurti and Amb K Nagaraj Naidu The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations New York, USA about Critical Intervention at the UN Committee on Food Security, 3rd February 2020
- Letter to Mr. Virat Kohli, Captain -Cricket, India Team: Endorsement of "BOOST" an Ultra- processed food (UPF) product-is shocking, 24th September 2020
- Letter to Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health, GOI: Ultra-Processed foods: Suggestions on Policy and Awareness, 1st September 2020
- What you need to know about ultra-processed foods (UPFs) – the science, policy responses and politics in global context?
- Statement and Call to Action on Consumption of Ultra- Processed Foods
- Letter to Dr. Harsh Vardhan,Minister of MHFW:WHO’s Updated Guidelines on Antenatal Care Nutrition for Multiple Micronutrients and Vitamin D upplementation, 5th August 2020
- Health Secretary's response on WHO’s Updated Guidelines on Antenatal Care Nutrition for MMS, letter issued to the Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary(Health) of all States and UTs,17th August 2020
- Health Secretary's response on WHO’s Updated Guidelines on Antenatal Care Nutrition for MMS, letter issued to UNICEF India ,17th August 2020
- Letter to All DMs: Concerns regarding free supplies of commercial baby foods in response to COVID-19, with a request to stop, 6th May 2020
- Letter to All Chief Secretary: Concerns regarding free supplies of commercial baby foods in response to COVID-19, with a request to stop,6th May 2020
- NAPi comments on the draft Global Action Plan on Child Wasting
2018-2019
- Position Statement on Sever Acute Malnutrition addressed to Sh PK Sinha Principal Advisor to PM 24th October 2019
- Letter to Vice President of India 27th September 2019
- Letter to celebarities 15th July 2019
- Letter to Political Parties: Political manifesto Inputs for response to prevent and control non- communicable diseases (NCDs) - obesity, diabetes, cancers, and cardiovascular diseases. 21st February 2019
- Letter to Dr Rajiv Kumar, VC NITI AAYOG, Chairperson, 4th January 2019
- Letter to Sh. Amitabh Bachchan on association with Horlicks, 4th June 2018
- Letter to Dr Rajiv Kumar, VC NITI AAYOG, Chairperson, National Nutrition Council on Concerns regarding introduction of processed and packaged foods for children and women in ICDS, 17th April 2018
2016-2017
- Letter to Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda (Hon'ble Union Minister) on Implementation of the IMS Act, 15th December 2017
- Letter to VC, NITI Aayog on COI concerns Technical Board on Nutrition, 30th November 2017
- Letter to VC, Niti Aayog on COI concerns regarding Working Group on Nutrition, 13th October 2017
- National Nutrition Strategy Document, Niti Aayog, 5th September 2017
- Letter to All Chief Secretaries of the States in India, dated on 29th August 2017
- Letter by MoWCD to Principal Secretaries of All States about Use of Ready-to-Use Theraputic Food (RUTF) for management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), 28th August 2017
- Letter to Concerns on the Indroduction of the use of energy dence nutritious foods (EDNF) up to the project level as quality nutritious for children with severe acute malnutrition under ICDS scheme
- CMAM-Programme/Project Implementation Brief (MoWCD), July, 2017
- Efficacy of three feeding regimens for home-based management of children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: a randomised trial in India. Bhandari N, Mohan SB, Bose A, et al. BMJ Global Health 2016;1:e000144. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2016000144
- The Malnutrition Market: Let Them Eat Paste
- Research Paper on Survival and Recovery in Severely Wasted Under- five Children With of Acute Malnutrition on Programme, Article by Dr Harshpal Singh Sachdev and Others
- Letter with Annexure-1 to Dr. Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman NITI Aayog, Government of India for concerns " Comments for Strengthening health sector and its role in tackling undernutrition on three-year action 2017-18 to 2019-20
- Research Paper on Survival and Recovery in Severely Wasted Under-five Children Without Community Management of Acute Malnutrition Programme
- Letter to Hon'ble Sh. Narender Modi, Prime Minister of India, for concerns on " Need for High change Level Action to accelerate change in scenario of child malnutrition" , 02 June 2017
- Letter to Shri J.P Nadda,The Hon'ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India for concerns on the Policy for Child Undernutrition " An emerging need to reduce severely wasted children than just treat with RUTF
- Shri JP Nadda's response on RUTF 18 August,2017
- Letter to the Vice Chairman, Niti Aayog, Goverment of India concerns about being a 'SUN Country' or 'Sun State' under the scaling up Nutrition (SUN) Movement
- Letter to Shri Ranglal Jamuda, Chairperson, Odisha State Food Commission,Goverment of Odisha for concerns on the use/scale up plans of "Ready to use Therapeutic foods(R UTF)/Energy Dense Nutrition Rich Food(EDNRF) for management of child malnutrition
- Letter to Smt. Raj Bala Verma , Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand to to draw attention to disturbing developments with respect to National and State policies related to the management of malnutrition
- Annex: Sustainable Developmental Solutions or Product-based Illusions for Addressing Severe Acute Malnutrition?