Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Meghalaya and Tripura on December 18 and inaugurate, dedicate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 6,800 crore.
Of the 4,700-odd urban local bodies (ULBs) across India, only some 2,500 have notified the ban on single use plastic (SUP) from July 1, prompting the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to ask them to phase out SUP and contribute to .