New Delhi: India’s paper industry, which faces the availability of inadequate raw materials, has urged the government to offer degradation forest land and non-forest government near the plant for pulp timber plantations, steps that will also help increase green cover in this country.
The security of raw materials is needed for the paper industry to become independent, said the Indian paper producer association (IPMA) in the submission of its pre-budget to the Ministry of Finance, asking to consider proposals to allow pulp timber plantations.
Being a country that lacks wood fiber, the availability of inadequate raw materials has emerged as a major obstacle for the domestic paper industry in fulfilling the increasing demand of paper led by drivers such as growth in the education sector and soles the use of single plastic use, said IPMA statement.
President of IPMA as Mehta, “We sincerely want the government to consider our proposal to offer relegated land to the industry for pulp timber plantations.
Delegraded land recovery through plantations by paper industry can help India meet the target of green enhancements in the country and make Indian world leaders in the country Paper making.
“Making it as” win-win “, he said this will also lead to greening India, opening significant potential for generation of employment, especially in rural areas.
According to IPMA, the organized paper industry has invested around RS 25,000 Crore in recent years but the constraints of raw materials put a wrench in work.
“Today’s timber demand, one of the main raw materials, by the Indian paper industry is around 11 million tons per year (landfill), against the domestic availability of nine million landfill, and is projected to rise to 15 million TPAs ​​by 2024-25 in 2024-25 Current growth rate, “he said.
The paper industry has brought around 1.2 million hectares of land under the plantation through the forestry agro / agriculture driven by the industry, said that IPMA added that the Indian paper industry was wood-positive because it planted more trees than harvest.
It can be remembered that in a nationally determined contribution (NDCs), India needs to bring an additional 25-30 million hectares of degraded land under the cover of forests and trees to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030.
“Government Must consider making degraded forest forest land and non-forest government land available for the paper industry near the factory for plantation activities.
” The Indian paper industry hopes to partner in building Green India and contributes to national goals.
Bring 33 percent of the land in India under the tree cover, “he said.