Patanjali Case-Misleading advertisements

Source-This post on Patanjali Case-Misleading advertisements has been created based on the articles “Dangerous game-Commercial interest should not be allowed to override public health, safety” and Express View on Court’s warning to Ramdev: No free pass” published in “The Hindu” and “The Indian Express” on 4 April respectively.

UPSC Syllabus-GS Paper-2– Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

Context– The Supreme Court has recently admonished Patanjali Ayurved for making deceptive claims. In the past, the company has not been adequately penalized for its irresponsible campaigns against the allopathic system.

What is the reason for popularity of Ayurvedic drugs?

1) Lifestyle Diseases-Due to rise in lifestyle related diseases, there has been a greater degree of focus on interventions like dietary management, toxin removal and herbal therapies.

2) Endorsement by the governments-Successive governments have taken steps to promote such healing systems in the last two decades. The present government has promoted yoga, provided Jan Aushadi stores with ayurvedic medicines, and merged the regulation of unani, ayurvedic, homoeopathy, yoga and siddha systems into a single ministry, AYUSH.

What are the issues with misleading and deceptive advertisements?

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