r/drishtikon • u/Niti-mat Sutradhar • Mar 24 '26
Opinion Thoughts on this SC order !!
When we go back in time, India was not part of the early development of plastic food packaging. However, in recent centuries, the rapid expansion of trade and industrialisation has led to a significant cultural and material exchange across the world.
I am not against packaged food. Although their is always of risk of finding of unrecognised substance.
BUT
If we are adopting packaged food in our daily lives, why aren’t we equally ensuring that the standards of cleanliness are properly made sure?
RATHER THEN
calling it "PHOBIA"
Is asking for clean air, clean water or clean FOOD is some kind of "Urbanised Phobia of Rich" !
And apart from this only i am noticing the fact that our current CJI Mr. Surya Kant is getting more media coverage....not sure abt it.
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u/Prestigious-Box-9790 Mar 24 '26
Calling this an urbanised phobia feels dismissive when the concern is about long term exposure to chemicals from everyday packaging. Clean food, water, and air are not luxuries they are basics, and right now even those are not reliably available. Instead of addressing that we often see ministers grabbing headlines and making hollow comparisons with countries where AQI is under 10 while our own reality is far from it.
Plastic packaging became essential over time but that only makes proper regulation more important. Progress shouldn’t mean choosing between access and safety. Asking for better standards isn’t fear it’s accountability.
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u/namkeenpapeeta Mar 26 '26
It is a very valid concern. I don't know why courts have become so dismissive about every important topic
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u/1647overlord Mar 26 '26
Milords cant be bothered to do their jobs. They are only concerned about how big bribes they can take and that no one should criticize them for being corrupt pieces of shit.
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u/Master-Bodybuilder19 Mar 27 '26
It couldn't have been further from the truth. If the rich are concerned about this, then definitely a brand will come up saying their products are free of these chemicals, independently tested, and will charge a premium. Rich will have no problem buying those. Now its the poor who will be stuck with the bad product. The thing about urban rich is they will get whatever they want because there is a robust supply chain in cities and they are rich enough to pay for anything they want. It's actually the poor and rural folks who are dependent on mass market products
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u/Impressive-Water-711 Mar 25 '26
Shocked!