New Delhi, August 17, 2013: The Government has given focused attention for prevention and control of diseases like Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases and a specific programme namely National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) was launched in July 2010 with the objective of preventing and controlling common Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) through behavior and life style changes, providing its early diagnosis and management, building capacity at various level and training human resources within the public health setup to cope with the increasing burden of NCDs. From 2013-14 onwards, the interventions upto the district level for prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment under NPCDCS and other NCDs have been brought under the umbrella of National Health Mission (NHM). A flexi pool of funds for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) has been created. Guidelines have been issued to State Governments to submit their Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) as per their felt needs, keeping in mind guidelines issued by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. This approach facilitates a holistic view of disease control and also sharing of infrastructure and synergizing efforts at district levels.
The commercial establishments should comply with the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulation, 2011 and food additives mentioned in Table-II of Appendix-A wherein the standards for sweets and namkeen have been specified.
This information was given by Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. — CCI Newswire
