Print associations of Maharashtra demand Government of India control paper prices Bombay Master Printers’ Association (BMPA), Mumbai Mudrak Sangh (MMA), Maharashtra Mudran Parishad (MMP), and Poona Press Owners Association (PPOA) hosted a press meet on 15 March 2021 at 3pm in the Press Club, Mumbai to voice the concerns of the printers and packaging converters of Maharashtra who are spearheading the fight against the continuous and unprecedented paper price hike.
Representing the four associations were Iqbal Kherodawala, president BMPA, Prakash Canser, president MMS, Balasaheb Ambekar, president MMP and Raveendra Joshi, president PPOA. These association heads have demanded that paper and paperboards be brought under Essential Commodities Act.