The government on Thursday prohibited import of cigarette lighters if the price per unit is less than ₹20, with a view to discourage inbound shipments of the product. Similarly, the inbound shipments of pocket lighters, gas-fuelled, and refillable, stood at $8.87 million in 2022-23 against $7 million in 2021-22. Stalin urged the Centre to ban single-use plastic cigarette lighters to …
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has sent a letter to Union minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal urging him to take measures to ban the import of single-use plastic cigarette lighters. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said that the matchbox industry of the state was facing stiff challenges in the export market from Pakistan and Indonesia. Stalin …
Stalin on Thursday wrote to Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, urging him for an immediate ban on import of single-use plastic cigarette lighters, and sought for stringent action against its illegal imports. He pointed out that the matchbox manufacturing industry, a major source of employment in southern Tamil Nadu, was going through a very "difficult phase" currently. …
