Bamboo is one of rapidly growing and high yielding woody plants. It produces a large biomass per unit area as compared to many other plants. Bamboos comprise about 30 genera and 550 species of which about 138 species occur in Ind. The main species used for papermaking is Dendrocalamus strictus. The other species used are Melocanna bambusoides, Bambusa tulda, B. balcooa, B. vulgaris, d. hamiltonii, Oxyenanthera monostigma, and Bambusa nutans, Ochlandra rheedii, and O. travancorica. About 4,000 years ago, the word paper is derived from the name of the reedy plant papyrus, which grows abundantly along the Nile River in Egypt. However, true paper is made of pulped cellulose fibers like wood, bamboo, cotton or flax. Uses & Applications The use of paper for various purposes is an essential feature of the modern society. Therefore pulp and paper manufacturing is very important part of modern industry. Pulp and paper production is based on the use of bamboo as raw material, but also on the consumption of large scale chemicals, like chlorine, sodium hydroxide, etc It is a well known product, which is the only media of communication through writing. It is then off rital medium for propagation of educations. It is used in every part of life, i.e., education, office, researches, engineering, art, book printing, magazine, newspaper, etc. Market Survey The Indian paper industry has highly fragmented structure consisting of small, medium and large sized paper mills having capacities ranging from 10 to 1150 tons per day. The industry employs wood, agro residues and recycled/waste paper as the major raw material for manufacturing different varieties of paper, paper board and newsprint. The present consumption of wood as raw material for paper making is 9 million tons per annum. About 75% of the wood demand is being met through farm/social forestry sources. Future demand will be additional 12 million tons of wood to meet the projected production targets by the year 2025*. Overall paper consumption in the baseline scenario is projected to increase to 16.5 million tons in 2016 to 17 and reach 25.3 million tons in 2026 to 27. In the alternative scenario, which appears to be more realistic, the consumption increases to 18.4 million tons in 2016 to 17 (the terminal year of the 12th Plan) and to 43.9 million tons in 2026 to 27. Few Indian Major Players are as Under:- Chadha Papers Ltd. Circar Paper Mills Ltd. Coral Newsprints Ltd. Dadrawala Papers Ltd. Danalakshmi Paper Mills Pvt. Ltd. Eggro Paper Moulds Ltd. Ellora Paper Mills Ltd. Gateway Speciality Papers Ltd. Gaurav Paper Mills Ltd. Hindustan Paper Corpn. Ltd. Khanna Paper Mills Ltd. Mukerian Papers Ltd. Mysore Paper Mills Ltd. Nagaland Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. Nath Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd. R T Paper Boards Ltd. Rajalakshmi Paper Mills Ltd. Rama Paper Mills Ltd. Rohit Tissue Ltd. Sai Rayalseema Paper Mills Ltd. Sangal Papers Ltd. Satia Industries Ltd. Shiva Paper Mills Ltd. Shree Bhawani Paper Mills Ltd. Shree Industries Ltd. Shree Rajeshwaranand Paper Mills Ltd. Shree Vindhya Paper Mills Ltd. Sri Vishnu Annamalaiyar Paper Mills Ltd. Surya Chandra Paper Mills Ltd. Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd. Vidarbha Paper Mills Ltd. [Merged]