Ministry identifies crops to lure away growers from tobacco
Teena Thacker, The Indian Express, New Delhi, Delhi
27 August 2008
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Excerpt: As a strong tobacco lobby is trying hard to keep pictorial warnings on their products at bay, the Union Health Ministry along with the Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) and the Union Agriculture Ministry has short-listed a few crops that can be viable alternatives for tobacco growers। The Health Ministry has been trying to introduce pictorial warnings for more than a year now। The tobacco lobby so far has refused to relent, saying it would affect their business and would make them jobless।
Now, the ministry has identified soyabean, gram crop, turmeric and chilli as alternative crops that could be as profitable as growing tobacco। They can also be grown on the same soil।
The ministry, however, believes that the transformation would take time, as it is not easy to change the mindset of the people involved in the trade। "Those involved in growing tobacco believe there will be a negative pattern financially if they start growing other crops," added the official. Read more
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TambakooKills News Bulletin
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Issue 451
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