India / Government is planning to ban plastic straws, amul wrote letter

Plastic Straw Ban: The Government of India is preparing to ban plastic straws completely. The government had already announced that it would be completely banned from July 1. After this, all the companies had also filed objections on this.

Who will be affected by this ban?

Let us tell you that the biggest impact of this ban will be on Packed Juice and Dairy Products. Recently, the dairy group Amul has also written a letter to the government in this matter. Amul has said in a letter to the PMO that the ban on plastic straws should be postponed for some time. Amul argues that this decision of the government will have a negative impact on the farmers and milk consumption of the world's largest milk producer.

Government in no mood to give relief

This is not the first case when a company is appealing for a discount on plastic straws. But the government has been rejecting it. Now Amul has requested by writing a letter to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). In a letter to the PMO, Amul's Managing Director RS Sodhi said that plastic straws help in increasing the consumption of milk.

Dairy farmers will get relief

In the letter written to the PMO, it has been said that by extending the decision of ban on plastic straws for a few days, 10 crore dairy farmers of the country will get a big relief. According to the news, plastic straw is a less used product, which can be replaced with paper straw. Juice and milk products priced between Rs 5 to Rs 30 have a big business in India. Most of the beverages of Amul, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola are packed on plastic straws and delivered to the customers.

paper straw import

Parle Agro says that the company has started importing paper straws for now, but it is not sustainable. The government had issued a notification in August last year to ban single-use plastic. In this, it was asked to ban all types of items from July 2022. After this the notice was issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).