Synopsis This volume covers broadly the following areas: Significance of paper industries in Indian economy. Profile of paper industry. Growth and trend of Indian paper industry both at national level and at zonal levels. Productivity performance of paper industry. Present status of capacity utilization and analyse the change in capacity utilization of paper industry before and after the liberalization policies. In this volume it has been endeavoured to analyse how and why the paper industry is working below its optimum capacities. There is mounting demand for paper in domestic markets; but paper industry in India is suffering from the problem of under-utilization of capacity. The present volume is the Ph.D research work which commentates on the growth of production and capacity utilization of paper industry in India - both at national level and at four zonal levels of India. This work provides not only solutions to the problems faced by paper industry in India but also lays down a basis for its future expansion and development. This volume is certainly useful to post graduate students, research scholars and policy makers.