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The Business Standard April 18, 2019 Food insecurity can also cause children to experience hunger, under nutrition, and micro nutrient deficiencies. This can lead children to have problems with concentration and memory Children who experience food insecurity might also feel irritability and shame. This could impact negatively on their interactions with their parents, teachers and peers There has been an impressive expansion in school enrolment in India since the early 2000s. Despite this, India is in the midst of a “learning crisis”, with improvements in learning lagging behind increases in enrolment. Worldwide, India also has one of the highest rates of child under nutrition and household food insecurity – that is, inadequate or inconsistent access to enough safe and nutritious food to sustain a healthy life. Both of these issues have negative implications for the long-term health, well-being and productivity of young people, as well as for the economy more broadly...

JANUARY 18, 2018 India is the second largest consumer and producer of tobacco-based products — categorised as sin goods or demerit goods — and it has become imperative for policymakers to devise measures to effectively curb their use. Over the years, governments have resorted to a mix of policies which range from monitoring the pricing and taxation regime of these products to the focus gradually shifting towards awareness campaigns highlighting the deadly effects of  tobacco  use, regulatory control laws pertaining to packaging and labelling as well as shaming and prohibiting its use in public places. Health comes first The Supreme Court recently stayed a Karnataka High Court order setting aside the 2014 amendment rules to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 that prescribed tobacco packages having pictorial warnings covering 85% of the package sp...