I don't know who else to tell this to, so I am going to tell my story here.
Every day is a struggle for a young business, but the last few months have been harder than usual.
We are a small Indian company. For more than ten years we have been building a homegrown brand in a product category dominated by big foreign players.
There are almost no Indian names in this space. We set out to be one.
We started in 2014. Over the years we began making parts in India instead of just importing, and we started selling in the US, Dubai, Nepal, Malaysia and South Africa.
We showed up at global trade fairs to represent an Indian brand on the world stage.
In 2023 we changed the import code we use for our product. We did not do this quietly. Every shipment was declared. Nothing was hidden. We didn't invent our approach.
We followed written professional advice and the way this product is treated in markets around the world.
And now we are facing a government demand running into tens of crores in duty recovery and penalties, plus personal penalties on the founders and even on an employee.
For a company our size, this is not a fine we can pay and move on from. This ends us.
We have not run from any of this. I am not built like that. It is not how I was raised. We have written to the authorities, met officials in person, and we have now filed a writ in the High Court.
All we are asking for is a fair treatment.
I set out to build in India and sell to the world. I am asking only that the system back honest founders trying to compete globally, instead of breaking them.
The process is the process, and it exists for a reason. But process should not feel like punishment.
From where I am standing today, it does.
I am not giving up. I have worked too hard for this. If you have read this far, please share it. If you know someone who can help, point them my way. Help me get the word out.
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Dear PM @narendramodi ji CM @revanth_anumula ji,
It is very disheartening to see tax paying honest citizens waiting in the hot sun for VIP movement. Each of them have some emergency or the other. They have work to do. Food to earn.
The police have no choice but to comply. I can't blame the police for this, but the VIP Culture.
It's a request. Please plan such things better. Don't cause inconvenience to public. Such a basic thing is to give respect to those who voted you to power.
Please abolish VIP CULTURE🙏
Request each person reading it to support by amplifying. Not at all ok.
#FI
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Dear @narendramodi ji,
As a citizen of our country, I believe FSSAI team is supposed to ensure that ZERO products are sold which are harmful to health of citizens. Atleast in the organised sector.
But clearly, adulterated food with high sugar, sodium & palm oil have been sold for decades, which have spoilt the health of an entire generation. Restaurants are serving fake paneer, color & chemicals. We all know this is true. Multiple times, it has been highlighted.
When any of us bring this out, it is purely so that steps are taken to regulate the Food better in our country.
We citizens deserve clean air, pure water & hygienic food. It's a bare minimum.
I hope Team FSSAI will take constructive steps to ensure that India becomes a Healthy Nation.
Hoping for the best,
#FI
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