NTPC Ltd on Tuesday said it has signed an agreement with Chempolis India to explore the feasibility of setting up a bamboo-based bio-refinery at Bongaigaon in Assam. In a statement, NTPC Ltd said ...

"Locally available rice husks and abundant bamboo wastes from two paper mills ... and to meet captive industry and utility needs," an NMBA official said. Meanwhile, the Assam government has ...

It was the pioneer state in the paper industry at the initial stage and led the country till mid-1980s. Industry is based on bamboo which is available locally or is obtained from Assam ...

70% raw material for paper industry is obtained from bamboo. Karnataka is the largest producer of bamboo followed by Assam. • Sabai grass-Sabai grass provides 15% raw material. The best quality ...

Cheaper made-in-China flutes have flooded the markets. It is against this backdrop that DM Khare announced cultivation of Assam bamboo in the district to cut down on transportation cost and loss ...

This initiative will boost Assam's bamboo industry, creating jobs and positioning the state as a leader in sustainable ...

GUWAHATI: Hit hard by liabilities leading to some of their colleagues committing suicide, the employees of two dying units of Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC) in Assam have demanded a “revival ...

Now, the administration has chalked out a plan to revive this dying industry. In a first, it has decided to cultivate the delicate Assam bamboo (schizostachyum), which is brought from Silchar to ...