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The
paper
industry
in
India
is
more
than
a
century
old.
At
present
there
are
over
600
paper
mills
manufacturing
a
wide
variety
of
items
required
by
the
consumers.
These
paper
mills
are
manufacturing
industrial
grades,
cultural
grades
and
other
specialty
papers.
The
paper
industry
in
India
could
be
classified
into
3
categories
according
to
the
raw
material
consumed.
- Wood
based
- Agro
based
&
- Waste
paper
based
While
the
number
of
wood
based
mills
are
around
20
and
balance
580
mills
are
based
on
non-conventional
raw
materials.
The
Govt.
of
India
has
relaxed
the
rules
and
regulations
and
also
delicensed
the
paper
industry
to
encourage
investment
into
this
sector
and
joint
venture
are
allowed
and
some
of
the
joint
ventures
have
also
started
in
India.
The
paper
industry
in
India
is
looking
for
state-of-art
technologies
to
reduce
its
production
cost
and
to
upgrade
the
technology
to
meet
the
international
standards.
It
is
estimated
that
the
paper
industry
would
be
growing
at
the
present
rate
of
7-8%
of
compounded
rate
and
would
require
9.5-10
million
MT
by
the
end
of
the
decade
from
the
existing
production
of
around
6.7
million
tonnes.
Estimated
Demand
of
Paper
in
the
Country
- The
demand
is
growing
@
7%
to
8%
CAGR
per
Annum
and
is
likely
to
reach
to
9.5-10
million
MT
by
the
end
of
decade
- Projected
Demand
in
Million
Tonnes
is
8.100
by
2006-07,
8.500
by
2007-08
and
9.00
respectively.
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