Paper industry wants industrial plantation policy

With burgeoning demand for paper products and an increasingly severe shortage of raw materials at mills, manufacturers have again asked for a comprehensive industrial plantation policy. 

Currently, most paper mills source raw material in the form of trees and plants from plantations owned by farmers, since regulations don’t allow industry ownership.

On Wednesday, minister of state for commerce and industry C R Choudhary suggested the industry increasing its rate of recycling across categories. Choudhary was speaking at Paperex 2017, the world’s largest exhibition for paper, paper products and related equipment. Recycling in India is 40-50 per cent; it is over 85 per