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Young India Youth Parliament session on alcohol policy held during Nada Youth Conclave 2021 (India International Center Annexe Delhi) Nada Young India Network for Good Health members would like to emphasise on our recommendations by looking at proposed Alcohol Policy objectives from four main perspectives: Minimising Acceptability, Affordability, Accessibility & Availability of alcohol in India. Availability of alcohol www.youthforwellbeing.org

Read more about his work Busting the myths around tobacco products and tax increase By   Health Live  - December 21, 202 With the Annual Budget of the Union Government approaching, a  nationwide campaign has picked up driven by young people seeking a raise in taxes on tobacco products in India. The Young India Network of Nada recently held a Youth Parliament in Delhi demanding an increase in tobacco taxes and to pass the COTPA Amendment 2020 Bill at the earliest possible opportunity with stringent measures to control the tobacco menace in the country.  Evidently, the Economics of Tobacco Consumption is today a thought-provoking discussion among the academic and research community in the country too. Anjali Mathur talked to Dr. Anandajit Goswami, Professor, MRIIRS (Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies) to underline some thought-provoking views on the subject as well as to clear some popular myths surrounding it. Question:  Welcome Dr. Gosw...

  EDUCATIONIST, MEDICAL EXPERTS, GOVERNMENT BODIES AND NGOs CALL FOR EFFECTIVE TOBACCO CONTROL IN PUNJAB WITH HIGHER TAX AND STRONGER COTPA ACT EVERY CITIZEN OF PUNJAB MUST BE MADE AWARE OF THE IMPLICATIONS AND BENEFITS OF STRONG COTPA AMENDMENT 2020:  DR. NARESH CHAWLA, DISTRICT TB OFFICER Nada India Young Network for Good Health had brought together multiple stakeholders of Punjab to discuss different ways in which Educationists, Medical Experts, Government Agencies , NGOs and Youth Groups extended their support for the COTPA Amendment 2020 and operationalisation of the State and the National Multi-sectoral Action Plan (NMAP) for the control of tobacco with a youth-driven campaign and activities. The stakeholders also called on the government to increase taxes on tobacco products for stricter control. The State-level Multi-Stakeholder consultation was addressed by academicians from Guru Nanak Dev University and Amritsar Group of College. District TB Officer Naresh Chawla, Di...

"Urging the GST Council to increase compensation cess on all tobacco products"  Nada Young India Network along with doctors and citizen welfare associations are urging the GST Council to increase compensation cess on all tobacco products to generate additional revenue for the Government. In their appeals to the GST council before its meeting on 17th  September, they are urging it to consider an extraordinary measure of levying compensation cess on all tobacco products to get additional revenues. This tax revenue from tobacco could significantly contribute to the increased need for resources during the pandemic including vaccinations and augmenting the health infrastructure to prepare for a possible third wave. According to the group, increasing tobacco taxes in these challenging times will be a WIN-WIN policy as it can address the economic shock from COVID-19 pandemic and directly reduce COVID 19 related co-morbiditie...