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Bamboo's Economic Impact in India

The document discusses India's bamboo industry. It notes that bamboo was recently reclassified legally as a grass, allowing for its cutting and transport. This benefits paper and furniture industries and could transform rural economies. Bamboo meets both commercial demands, such as construction and paper production, and cultural demands, like incense sticks. India is the second largest bamboo grower but imports bamboo to meet cultural needs. The document outlines opportunities to improve India's bamboo industry through education, awareness, incentives, and a comprehensive value chain analysis.

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Bamboo's Economic Impact in India

The document discusses India's bamboo industry. It notes that bamboo was recently reclassified legally as a grass, allowing for its cutting and transport. This benefits paper and furniture industries and could transform rural economies. Bamboo meets both commercial demands, such as construction and paper production, and cultural demands, like incense sticks. India is the second largest bamboo grower but imports bamboo to meet cultural needs. The document outlines opportunities to improve India's bamboo industry through education, awareness, incentives, and a comprehensive value chain analysis.

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The Bamboo

Problem
History
• Bamboo as tree ( till Nov 2017)

• Cutting and Transporting - unlawful

• The Indian Forest (Amendment) Bill, 2017 - Bamboo as Grass


Bamboo as "Grass"

• Cutting and transporting - Now Legal

• Major Beneficiaries - Paper and Furniture Industries

• Potential to transform rural economy


Demand side

Commercial demand

• Viability as a contruction material


• Paper making Industry

• Bamboo as Biofuel
Demand side
Cultural Demand

• India's Cultural Need : (a) For making "Agarbatti" (Insence Stick)


(b) Handicrafts
• China's Cultural Need : (a) For making chopticks
(b) Bamboo Shoots as Food
(c) Is considered auspisious
• US/UK Cultural Need : (a) Bamboo Flooring
Bamboo Instead of
Plastic
• Bamboo Serving Tray

• Disposable Bamboo Cutlery

• Bamboo Toothbrush

• Bamboo Drinking Straws


•LIST OF SUPPLYING
MARKETS FOR
BAMBOO IMPORTED
BY INDIA
• India's imports represent 19% of world imports for Bamboo

• Its ranking in world imports is 1

• Majority of the bamboo imported is used to suffice India's

Cultural need

• Good quality of perfectly shaped Bamboo Sticks are being

imported from china for Agarbatti making , Ice-cream

sticks , ice-cream spoons etc


Bamboo Production

CHINA INDIA
• Largest Bamboo growing • Second largest Bamboo-Growing

nation nation

• China's exports • India's exports represent 1% of


represent 74.2% of world world exports for this product, its
exports for this product, its ranking in world exports is 13
ranking in world exports • 14 million hectare under bamboo
is 1 cultivation
• 6 million hectare under

bamboo cultivation
Strengths of India

• Vast Land for cultivation

• Favourable Climate Condition

• Government policies and Aid

• Demand in the Market

• Man power
Weakness
• Awareness

• Knowledge

• productivity

• quality

• global market research

• Technology
Biofuel- Ethanol

•Ethanol is blended with petrol

•Increase use of biofuels

•Decrease dependence on oil imports

•Current ethanol blending 2-3%

•Raise it to 20% by 2030

•First gen biofuel- eg: sugarcane

•Second gen biofuel- eg: bamboo


• India’s biofuel policy stipulates that fuel requirements

must not compete with food requirements

• Food VS Fuel Dilemma

• Second gen biofuels - more suitable for developing

countries
Government Initiative

National Bamboo Mission

• Aim of the Mission

• Mission Structure
Government Initiative

National Bamboo Mission

• Work done till now

• Funding pattern
What can we do to improve this situation?

• Educate the farmers


• Create awareness
• Allocate unused land
• Incentives to farmers
• Financial security
CONCLUSIONS

• Comprehensive end to end value chain analysis for

reform and proactive actions.

• Boosting technical knowledge and enhancement of

adequate market knowledge.

• For tackling the major challenges government has

undertaken the following actions -: policy reforms,

legislative amendment and affirmative actions.

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