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This assurance was given to Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss by Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi recently.
The Health Minister had recently written to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry seeking action against companies like Bagpiper soda, Mcdowells, Johny Walker soda and Kingfisher mineral waters saying they were using surrogate methods of advertising which needed to be stopped.
"Though the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has not given us any written reply, the Minister has verbally assured me that action would be taken against such companies," Ramadoss said.
The letter said that these products have exactly the same brand name and logo which had earlier been there in the liquor ads.
"The companies are thus trying to by-pass the advertisement ban on liquor products already in place," it said.
This is in breach of government banning ads of cigarettes and other tobacco products as well as wine, alcohol and other intoxicants considering the ill-effects of these products.
Banning the ads wont solve it. Govt. should close these type of companies. Now in TN no Lottery, like that we should have a country with out tobacco and liquor companies.Manufacturing, reselling, importing
cotd>>> In whose Profit and loss accounts are these costs charged?
How do these companies charge the advert expences on businesses which have no apparent income? In whose P
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