Malinga ndi Directorate General of Business Information and Statistics (DGCI & S), kutumiza kwa mapepala ndi bolodi ku India kudakwera pafupifupi 80% kufika pamtengo wokwera wa Rs 13,963 crore mchaka chandalama cha 2021-2022. #Paper cup fan fan mwambo

Kupimidwa pamtengo wopangira, kutumizidwa kwa mapepala okutidwa ndi makatoni kunja kwawonjezeka ndi 100%, zolemba zosakutidwa ndi mapepala osindikiza ndi 98%, mapepala akuchimbudzi ndi 75% ndi kraft paper ndi 37%.

Kutumiza kwa mapepala ku India kwawonjezeka pazaka zisanu zapitazi. Pankhani ya voliyumu, kutumiza kwa mapepala ku India kuwirikiza kanayi kuchokera ku matani 660,000 mu 2016-2017 kufika matani 2.85 miliyoni mu 2021-2022. Panthawi yomweyi, mtengo wamtengo wapatali wa zogulitsa kunja unakula kuchokera ku INR 30.41 biliyoni kufika ku INR 139.63 biliyoni.

Rohit Pandit, mlembi wamkulu wa Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA), adati zogulitsa kunja zikwera kuchokera ku 2017-2018 chifukwa chakukula kwa mphamvu zopanga komanso kukweza kwaukadaulo kwamakampani aku India opanga mapepala, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zinthu ziziyenda bwino ndikupangitsa kuti zizindikirike padziko lonse lapansi. #PE yokutidwa ndi pepala lophika

Pazaka zisanu mpaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazi, makampani opanga mapepala ku India, makamaka gawo loyang'anira, adayika ndalama zoposera 25,000 INR crore m'malo abwino komanso kukhazikitsa matekinoloje aukhondo ndi obiriwira.

A Pandit adawonjezeranso kuti m'zaka zaposachedwa, makampani opanga mapepala aku India adalimbikitsanso ntchito zawo zamalonda padziko lonse lapansi ndikuyika ndalama zake popanga misika yakunja. M'zaka ziwiri zapitazi, dziko la India lakhala likugulitsa mapepala kunja.

United Arab Emirates, China, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Vietnam ndi Sri Lanka ndi omwe amatumiza kunja kwa India kupanga mapepala.