IOA seeks clarity on Dow Chemical issue

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has sought clarity from the Union Sports Ministry, regarding the stand on Dow Chemical's sponsorship of the London Olympics. In his fourth letter on the subject to the Union Sports Minister, Ajay Maken, the acting president of the IOA, Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra, pointed that the Indian stand on the subject had been weakened owing to the fact that a seminar of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), under the Union Agriculture Ministry, had been sponsored by Dow. “IOA has received several queries from abroad on this issue,'' wrote Prof. Malhotra, and added that people wanted to know, “what action Indian government had taken against Dow Chemical's large operation in India.''

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