Health experts have banned it so why can you still buy Gutka on the street?

The country's food regulator has banned it; health experts have been seeking a ban; even the health ministry favours a ban.
Yet, nothing seems to be moving towards the implementation of a ban on gutka
In a new push towards banning gutka, the health ministry has now decided to ask states to implement new rules notified by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), which clearly state that 'tobacco and nicotine shall not be used as ingredients in any food products'.

Nothing seems to be moving towards the implementation of a ban on gutka

According to a 2004 Supreme Court ruling, gutka is a food product.
Keshav Desiraju, additional secretary in the health ministry, admitted on Tuesday that the FSSAI notification prohibits the use of tobacco in food items.
Yet he shied away from calling it a ban on gutka, saying it was a legal issue. However, he said, action needs to be taken by state governments and it does not need the Centre's directions to implement the rules.
'We are issuing instructions to state governments to implement the FSSAI notification,' Desiraju said. Health activists alleged the Centre is not taking proactive action to ban gutka because of the strong tobacco lobby.
'The Supreme Court in 2004 also said that the power of banning an article of food or an article used as ingredient of food belongs to the central government,' Bhavna Mukhopadhya, director, Voluntary Health Association of India, said.