Rise in price of packaged drinking water won’t affect consumers
The Hindu
The 10% increase is only for dealers, says association
The increase in the cost of packaged drinking water from January 1 will be only for dealers and not on the maximum retail price. It will not affect the consumers, said packaged drinking manufacturers.
The Greater Tamil Nadu Packaged Drinking Water Manufacturers’ Association had announced that price of water packaged in various capacities from 300 ml to five litres would be increased by 10% from January 1.
Members said the decision was taken as the price of packaging materials had gone up by 40%.
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