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CURRENT AFFAIRS India’s Reaction On Single-Use Plastic Ban By 2022 Plastic will not be ban abruptly, it will happen eventually by 2022 aquatic life because plastic blocks drain and affects the civic sense. Discussions on completely banning plastic are ongoing and it shall happen by 2022 as it can affect the livelihood of several people who are into manufacturing plastic. He quoted “We have to build an Andolan (movement) to induce behavioral change which was at the heart of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy” On October 2, 2019, in Ahemdabad at the Sabarmati riverfront, PM Narendra Modi announced the cancellation of no ban plastic by 2022 and stated that all the plastic won’t get ban at once. Steps Taken On Single-Use Plastic Bans He had mentioned about banning the single- use plastic in his speech on Independence Day and spoke about implementing it in October. His motto behind saying it was to take care of the welfare of society and After Modi’s speech, many departments such as the Central government, Private sector, and Public sector took it seriously and ban the single-use plastic practice. 1. On September 29, 2018 the Odisha Government issued a notification of banning every means of plastic such as carry bags, polyethylene terephthalate drinking bottles of