Plastic Straw ban

Parle Agro the makers of frooti, might have to stop operating its plants making small tetra packs because the company fears the delivery of imported paper straws, made mandatory by the government, could be affected owing to global capacity constraints and logistical and distribution drawbacks.Apart from frooti its flagship juice brand ,it sells apple drink Appy and flavoured milk range SMOODH in tetra packs. With the government banning plastic straws with you effective from July 1 ,the Rs 6000 crore small tetra pack industry making beverages, juice, and milk brands like Parle, Amul and Dabur have no choice but to shift to paper straws, which are more expensive . However despite lobbying for an extension of the deadline by a few months there has been no response from the government.