Making polluters pay

Despite bureaucratic hurdles, a non-governmental organisation hope to bring to book an erring paper mill in Punjab

Money does grow on trees

Sunset sector?

No. Possible sunlight industry

What people know

Best barometer of change

Water

What a challenge

For sure Supply

Look to farmers and ragpickers

The losers

What made them slip?

Progress report

Companies participated, willingly

Measuring the present

Forcing future change

Court curbs Ganga polluters in Bihar, Bengal

Sugar and paper mills in Bihar and tanneries in West Bengal have been penalised by the Supreme Court for continuing to discharge untreated waste …

Backyard mess

Wastepaper is abundantly available in India. Yet the Indian paper industry depends heavily on imports. MONALI ZEYA HAZRA finds out why

Genetically engineered trees can clean up paper industry

With the application of the new technique, residue from trees can also be used in making adhesives, carbon fibers and paint additives

On paper

The Green Rating Project (GRP) of the Centre for Science and Environment was conceived as a means to track the environmental performance of India'…

Rural ventures

A slew of elementary schemes aim to alleviate poverty

Commercial harvest of degraded forests on cards?

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar's statement that government is considering plan to harvest open forests goes against the policy of …

"There is no transparency in the Indian paper industry"

N J Rao, professor, Institute of Paper Technology, University of Roorkee, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is one of the three technical consultants of …

Handmade paper industry flourishes in Latur

When you hear about Latur, you remember earthquakes, drought, and disaster. But making beauty out of ashes is what the Kalpakala Industry …

Gomti river is almost dead

Recently the banks of river Gomti in Lucknow were unusually abuzz. Some people were struggling to wade through the 'sewage-enriched' river to …

What should be done

Some key actions for the sustainable growth of the pulp and paper industry

Running a farm

Farm forestry can overcome the raw material scare

Chlorine check

The world moves towards totally chlorine-free bleaching

Where India stands

The demand for paper in India far exceeds its supply

On paper

Amrit Paper Mills

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Mukerian Papers Ltd

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