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Proposed bill to amend law on cigarettes, tobacco products to aggravate job crisis: FAIFA FAIFA said the COTPA amendment will have detrimental effect on the livelihoods of FCV farmers who cannot grow any other equally remunerative crop in their dry and arid regions. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI NEW DELHI: The proposed bill to amend the law regarding cigarettes and other tobacco products will aggravate the unemployment crisis amid the second wave of COVID-19 and the livelihoods of millions of small shop owners and kirana stores at stake, farmers' body FAIFA said on Monday. FAIFA,...

Tobacco farmers seek withdraw of COTPA Amendment Bill January 13, 2021 The bill seeks curbs on advertising, promotion and sale of cigarettes The Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to go ahead with the COTPA Bill, which will boost the illegal cigarette trade in the country. This, in turn, would adversely impact the domestic demand for the home grown tobacco and incomes of the tobacco farmers in the country. “The government is circulating the draft bill for feedback. We request the government to withdraw the bill and not to ge...