The present book is divided into seven chapters. First two chapters deal with vast introduction of study into consideration and theoretical & conceptual frame. Chapter III deals with vast reviews of past literature while in chapter IV detail discussion on research methodology has been discussed. Chapter V and VI, examine growth of productivity and production efficiency of WFBI of various States and Country as a whole, it also contains a Statistical Test of important hypotheses of study under consideration. At last in chapter VII, summary and conclusions has been discussed in detail. Thus, this book is an innovative work which lights up an important but dark area of wood and forest-based industries of Indian States and particularly the country as a whole. This book will be milestone for the untouched sector of Indian Economy and will be very useful to the academicians, researchers and policy makers and people having concern for wood and forest-based industries.

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. A Conceptual Frame & Theoretical Background. 3. Review of Literature. 4. Research Methodology. Annexure- I. Annexure -II. 5. Analysis of Productivity Growth: SFP & TFP. 6. Production Function Analysis. 7. Summary and Conclusion.