A push to save paper has sparked a fight over the future of newspapers themselves. Mumbai newspaper vendors are opposing Maharashtra’s campaign encouraging readers to switch to digital and e-paper editions, warning that a wider shift away from print could threaten thousands of vendors, distributors and families working across the printing industry. Their association has demanded that the government withdraw the circular and instead support print journalism and newspaper-reading culture, warning of protests if its concerns are ignored. Going digital may save newsprint, they argue, but it could also leave a very traditional workforce without much to deliver.