CIC supports banning of junk food near Delhi schools
Nirmal Singh 3C Company appreciated the fact that the Central Information Commission has asked the Delhi government to keep a check the sale of junk food and colas in close vicinity of schools in the capital has been stopped or not, as per the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Basically, there has been a spectator who ridiculed the availability of junk food outside school corners as a wrong practice and termed it as “a health hazard.” Nirmal Singh 3C Company noticed that an order was passed by the Information Commissioner Yashovardhan Azad asking the Delhi government to think over banning the sale of these items in school area. This was taken seriously by the commission. Nirmal Singh 3C Company appreciated the fact that SP Machanda, a resident of Keshav Puram in north-west Delhi, came forward to complain about the practice of selling food items outside the school premises and asked the Delhi government to take a swift action against these activities or rather restrict the...