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