Cancer-causing chemical formalin found in Odisha fish sample
Bhubaneswar, July 13 : Cancer-causing chemical formalin was found in fish stocks available in the markets here, an official said on Friday.
Traces of cancer-causing formalin were found in Pomfret fish samples, collected from the Unit-IV fish market in Bhubaneswar, said Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department Secretary Vishal Gagan.
A 12-member team from the department collected samples of around nine varieties of fish including marine, freshwater, and brackish water from the market and Chilika Fresh outlets -- fish retailers -- on Friday.
While formalin content was found in Pomfret fish samples, Gagan said the entire stock will be destroyed if more fish tested positive.
After the Assam government banned the import of fish from Andhra Pradesh, the Odisha government on Thursday issued directions to examine the quality of fish being imported from Andhra Pradesh to detect the presence of formalin.
Formalin, a cancer-inducing chemical, is used to keep dead fish fresh and enhance their storage life.
Gagan also informed that a committee under the District Collectors will be formed to ensure that no prohibitory substances are used to preserve the stock.
"As only one out of nine samples has tested positive, we are now concentrating on collecting information from various parts of the state and will take an appropriate decision regarding a ban on fish imports," he said.
Verification samples at different fish markets in urban and rural areas will be taken up in order to prevent the sale of adulterated fish.
Odisha mostly depends on Andhra Pradesh to meet its demand for fish. Last year, the total fish production in Odisha was around 6.5 lakh tonne.
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India will be world's third top economy by 2027, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal
Chennai, Jan 14: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that by 2027, India will be the world's third-largest economy, ahead of Japan and Germany.
Addressing the annual meeting of Tamil magazine 'Thuglak' here, Goyal said, "What did Mr Modi do in ten years? He took India from the 11th largest GDP to the fifth-largest GDP."
Further, the minister said that the then Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his interim budget of 2014 had predicted that in the next 3 decades, India's nominal GDP would take the country to the third rank, after US and China.
Chidambaram had predicted in 2014, a 30-year duration for India to become the third-largest GDP, he noted.
"What did Mr Modi do? He said I will do it in less than half that time and I assure you friends, by 2027, India will be the world's third-largest economy, ahead of Japan and Germany; in only 13 years and not 30 (years), that is Prime Minister Modi's commitment and courage of conviction," Goyal asserted.
Also, he said as many as 19 nations have conferred PM Modi the highest civilian honour of their countries. Eight are Muslim majority, 10 are Christian majority and one is a Buddhist majority nation and there could be a no better rebuttal to the false narrative that some people try to spread againt India and PM Modi.
"He is the most inclusive leader with true secularism, does not believe in appeasement politics, who believes in Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas," the union minister said.
