India has declared a war on the ban of plastics. Sikkim was the first state of India to ban the use of plastics. Later it was followed by Kerala. The banishment is not on the blanket but for bags which has less than 30 microns.
The bags used for carrying food, hair dyes and other materials are banned. Plastic is not a biodegradable element. It can not be decomposed. It remains under the soil. So, recycle was started but it did not reduce the amount of plastics being used in the country. It was indirectly affecting the nature's cycle. Though the government tried to ensure that proper recycle of plastics were done, but the result was not good.
Later Delhi government came up with blanket ban on plastics. A notification was passed by the government, according to which storage and sale of plastic bags of any kind or thickness, in all places where one gets the bags after shopping, are banned. Anyone who would break the law would be fined with one lakh rupees.
Recently it is Haryana which has banned the use of plastics in its state. Specially in public, historical, religious and ecological significance. The state have also taken initiative of recycling of plastics as per norms. 
The use of plastic for carrying food materials is also harming the human body, the effect is not noticed in short term but in long term basis. As plastics are made up of the chemicals and it reacts with the food.
A law was passed in order to ban the use of plastics. People have become so used to it that they find it difficult to carry things without it. Sametime if paper bags are used than a lot of paper is needed in manufacturing paper bags. This was again a problem the government had to fight. More paper means more cutting down trees; this was harming the environment again.
So, finally they have come up with the plan of use of jute bags. It is eco-friendly and at the same time the jute industry which was losing its value would once again flourish. Still in India there are many states which are using plastics.
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