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Detailed explanation-1: -These companies employ about one million people. The Maharashtra government has become the first state in the country to ban single-use plastic.

Detailed explanation-2: -Further, Karnataka was the first State in the nation to ban single-use plastic in 2016 with the Plastic Waste Management Rules, ” said Shanth A.

Detailed explanation-3: -He said the ban on single-use plastic will be imposed from July to make Punjab greener and healthier. Tewari said the state “government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is committed to make Punjab clean, green and pollution-free by walking on the path shown by our revered Gurus".

Detailed explanation-4: -The manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of plastic carry bag with less than 120 microns thickness prohibited in Telangana with effect from 31th December, 2022.