No, this has nothing to with the freedom struggle. It has to do with goitre and preventing it. The government is considering a total ban on the use of non-iodised salt. There was a ban once upon a time. But it was revoked in 2000. I like the way Health Ministry officials dismissed the effect on goitre prevention then:
Ministry officials say there are different modes of administering iodine and iodised salt was only one of them. "Anyway goitre is found only in the hills and foothills,'' an official claimed.And it goes without saying that people in hills and foothills don't count.
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