Multiple regulators hurting growth of India's organic food sector: ICRIER

In India, multiple govt bodies are trying to come up with regulations and standards for organic food

The absence of a single nodal agency for regulating, approving and setting the standards is one of the biggest bottlenecks in India which is emerging as a major destination for organic products both for domestic markets and also for exports, a working paper by Indian Council For Applied Economic Research (ICRIER) said.

The paper which was recently released has been jointly written by Arpita Mukherjee, Souvik Dutta, Disha Mendiratta, Avantika Kapoor, Tanu M Goyal is based on a survey of all companies and other stakeholders involved in organic products trade.

It said that unlike most countries worldwide where Agriculture Ministry