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PLASTINDIA 2023

5th May, 2022 Environment

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Context

  • Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Health & Family Welfare, opened Plastindia 2023-11th International Plastic Exhibition & Conference in the presence of Shri Bhagwanth Khuba, Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers and MNRE.

 

What is the background for convention?

  • With the "Make in India, Make for World" policy, the Indian chemical sector has grown into a worldwide player that generates foreign cash for the country.
  • In comparison to 2013-14, Indian chemical exports increased by 106 percent in 2021-22.
  • This increase in chemical exports would help our Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi ji, achieve his Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan goals.
  • An interdisciplinary strategy is required across the value chain, from primary chemical and plastic manufacture through waste management, in order to achieve green growth.
  • An interdisciplinary strategy is required across the value chain, from primary chemical and plastic manufacture through waste management, in order to achieve green growth.

 

What is the convention all about?

  • PLASTINDIA is a series of exhibits organised by the Plastindia Foundation, which will host the 11th International Plastics Exhibition, Conference, and Convention at ITPO Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from February 1 to 5, 2023.
  • The show will create jobs, aid the expansion of the Indian plastic sector, and position India as a worldwide plastic sourcing hub.
  • PLASTINDIA 2023 would promote India as a global source for processed plastics, raw materials, machinery, and products for use in all aspects of human existence.
  • As business becomes more globalised, the government is becoming more conscious of the demands of industry, and is now acting as a facilitator rather than a regulator, assisting industry in being globally competitive.

 

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