Page 7 - Plastics News February 2021

THE PRESIDENT
THE PRESIDENT SAYS SAYS

A Begining Post COVID ..

IPMA recognizes it responsibility to towards our members and the plastic industry. We
Abelieve in taking the industry to global levels and contribute the maximum possible in
its growth and development.
One such step taking in the best interest of the industry was Plastiworld 2021. PLASTIWORLD
2021 was organized to help & boost the growth of the packaging industry by providing global
exposure to the Indian manufacturers and greatly promote exports from Indian market by
reaching a wider audience digitally. It gave an opportunity where the business owners could
expand their business leads and expand their clientele in different parts of India and abroad.
The format of the exhibition was shaped to allow & provide the companies with opportunities to
launch new products in India, explore new markets and promote their products, help industries
in the plastics sector to interact with key decision makers to build customer relationships
towards potential market penetration etc. the expo was a huge success with more than 110 Chandrakant Turakhia
exhibitors and more than 12,000 buyers & visitors participated at the Plastiworld 2021 Global
Expo held on 19 th - 24 th January 2021, organized to help the packaging industry connect
globally & strengthen partnership for better business opportunities.
With reference to the recently released amendment by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
in consent to Operate of Leading Brand Owners and Plastic Producers for Use of Recycled
Plastics in Plastic Packaging and Plastic items, AIPMA welcomed the decision made with
objective of post-consumer plastic waste management which will bring us closer to sustainable
consumption. But as per inputs received from the industry stakeholders and experts, we
believe that the amendments however needs operational clarity, looking at which AIPMA sent
a representation along with suggestions and recommendations addressed to the chairman-
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and requested them to provide enough time to industry
to organize the supply chain and to ensure the availability of reprocessed material both in
terms of quantity and quality & also to reconsider their decision keeping in mind the wider
implications and additional constraints accompanied with the amendment.

AIPMA has joined hands with Keshav Srushti for a Plastic Waste Management project in Palghar
District, Maharashtra to make 50 Plastic Waste Neutral Villages.

AIPMA organized a webinar on “Investment opportunities in downstream Plastics and Textiles
Industries in Odisha” with an aim to highlight the emerging investment opportunities in eastern
India, particularly in Odisha, for textiles and plastic processing industries in the context of
an evolving market landscape. The webinar provided the attendees with details about the
opportunities in the state and ways to obtain benefit by investing in the rising industry.

AIPMA organized another session on “Budget 2021-Decoding the Tax Proposal” with the
reference and base being the recently released Union Budget 2021. The union budget & tax
policies play a very important role for the taxpayers, business owners, manufacturers etc.
Therefore, it’s very important to understand the tax policies newly introduced or amendments
in the previous ones. The exert speakers helped the attendees in understanding and decoding
the tax proposals with a focus on how the budget holds for the MSME’s of the Plastic industry.

Chandrakant Turakhia
president@aipma.net

7 Februar y 2021 Plastics News