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Taj Mansingh To Finally Go

Under Hammer On 18 Jul 2018
t

h The last date for submission
of bids is 9 Jul 2018
g The New Delhi Municipal

Council (NMDC) is set to
i
conduct a fresh bid for the
s luxury hotel Taj Mahal Hotel on

Mansingh Road in central Delhi,
n better known as the Taj

Mansingh hotel, on 18 Jul
I
2018. The last date for
s submission of bids is 9 Jul 2018. Group turned out to be the lone

bidder. The bid by ITC was not
The auction proposed to be held in
s Jun 2018 was cancelled, as Indian accepted on technical grounds.
Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) of Tata
e

n FSSAI proposes life imprisonment,

Rs10 lakh fine for food adulteration
i

s Those adulterating food products 2018. Among key amendments,
could face life imprisonment and FSSAI has proposed to include a new
u penalty of up to Rs10 lakh as per the section to crack down on food

amendments proposed by the adulteration. "Any person...adds an
B regulator FSSAI in its 2006 food safety adulterant to food so as to render it
and standards law. The Food Safety injurious for human consumption with
a and Standards Authority of India an inherent potential to cause his
(FSSAI) has recommended stringent death or is likely to cause grievous
punishment to curb food adulteration hurt, irrespective of the fact whether it
i following the Supreme Court order. causes actual injury or not, shall be

d The FSSAI has issued the draft punishable for a term which shall not
amendments to the Food Safety and be less than 7 years but which may
n Standards (FSS) Act, which was extend to imprisonment for life and
passed in 2006 but the regulations also fine which shall not be less than
I were notified only in 2011. Rs10 lakh," the FSSAI said. The new
Consumer Protection Bill, which is
The regulator has proposed total 100
pending in Parliament, also proposes
amendments to the Act and has
similar quantum of stringent
sought public comments by 2 Jul