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Pulp and paper industry in our country is one of the core industries. Indian paper mills were originally designed for processing bamboo. As the supplies dwindled, mills were forced to use hardwood. Later on, to reduce the pressure on forest -based raw material,large scale use of non-wood raw material was promoted. Now, India is the second largest manufacturer of non-wood pulp-based paper and paper industry particularly in the pulp making process has become an area of serious concern. The problem is more acute in case of small scale units.

The Regional Office of Asia and Pacific (ROAP)of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is helping to promote the concept of sustainable industrial production in the region. As the part of its Swedish-funded Network for industrial Environmental Management (NIEM). (ROAP) is promoting cleaner Production (CP) options in pulp and paper industry in India. The central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)has been involved in the NIEM project and its achievements, along with an overview of the pulp and paper industry in India is presented in this issue of PARIVESH.

We hope the contents of this issue will promote cleaner production in the industrial sector in the country. My colleagues, Sh.Upendra Nath Singh , and Sh.Mahendra Pandey have collated and compiled the information for this issue.
 

(Dilip Biswas)
Chairman, CPCB