The Indian government has banned imports for low-cost ones (mostly Chinese) lighters to save a key sector in arid Tamil Nadu. Local companies employ more than 100,000 people, 90 per cent women.

THOOTHUKUDI: The safety match manufacturers in Tamil Nadu are a disappointed lot as the state government has refrained from classifying cigarette lighters as single-use plastic products and thus ...

Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 15 (ANI): Matchbox manufacturers' association in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu held a protest march here on Friday, raising many issues associated with ...

Imports of cigarette lighters costing below ₹20, which was free until Thursday, has now been banned by the government. However, import shall be free if CIF value (cost, insurance, and freight) is ₹20 ...

After their plea to the Centre to strictly enforce a ban on the cigar lighters being imported from China has not yielded the desired results, the matchbox manufacturers have appealed to Tamil Nadu ...