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 The controversy over pesticides residues in soft drinks marketed in India, mostly by global MNCs, has put several parties in somewhat unkindly light. The foremost is government of India.

 For the second time in less than a year, first over the contents of bottled water and now soft drinks, we have to face the fact that Government of India (GoI) has no standards. In one case there are all kinds of standards for what goes into soft drinks except the water.

 And where there are standards for water, they deal with things like micro organisms likely to cause disease and harmful chemicals but don