The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in association with All India Consumer Products Distributors Association (AICPDF) and Federation of All India Distributors Association (FADA) has urged all corporate and medium manufactures of different products to amend their production line with no use of single use of plastic before October. 2
The CAIT has warned that in case they are failed in doing the same, the traders across the country including distributors, wholesalers, retailers and others will be forced to boycott pan India such products which will have single use of plastic .
"There are about seven crore traders across the country out of which about five lakh traders are working as distributors of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) products having more than 30 lakh retailers in the country. Any boycott of such products on pan India basis can disrupt the sales of corporate manufacturers to a great extent," the traders' body said in a statement.
CAIT national president B C Bhartia and Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal in an open letter to corporate houses engaged in FMCG, consumer durables, daily use items, drugs and medicines, packaging and others said that single use of plastic is proven to be non- eco friendly which has prompted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make such an announcement from Red Fort which can't be taken lightly.
Khandelwal has also urged the Government to make available alternatives of single use plastic so that the appeal of the Prime Minister can be implemented in an effective manner.
A delegation of CAIT will soon meet Union Environment Minister Prakash Javedkar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to discuss these issues and seek remedial measures in line with the call of the Prime Minister.