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A meticulous planning by the Paper Traders is necessary to meet the day-to-day requirements of all types of paper. Paper is required from morning newspaper to reading material while going to bed. We cannot think a day without Paper. Paper is required from childhood to old age to convey or express thoughts, to do business, to participate in social activities, for reading or writing to grab knowledge. For that, we require adequate & timely supply. Paper Traders play a very vital role in building up the future of any country.

Federation of Paper Traders’ Associations of India formed in 1953, the Government of India banned the sale and movement of all Newsprint Paper kept in stock with the traders. A joint meeting held in Delhi to decide the mode of operation. During that period, only local Paper Traders Associations existed at Bombay, Calcutta, Madras & Delhi separately. In this meeting, all the respected people of the trade from all over India came to discuss the matter. As the trader's point was very strong and argument was convincing, traders crowned with success resulting in revoking the order. Besides this there was a development that took place at the meeting, in the course of discussion with paper traders Late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri advised to Paper Traders to form Federation of all Paper Traders' Associations in the country. Thus, the History of FPTA began much before its inauguration in 1959. Paper Traders' Association, Bombay decided to take the lead to convene the first conference of the FPTA, held on 16 February 1959, inaugurated by Late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri himself (ex. prime minister of India) and Late Shri Jethmal Lalvani who became the first President of FPTA.

Before the FPTA was established, government had to depend on the Paper Industry for any information about the distribution system, fair prices etc. The establishment of FPTA filled the communication gap between the users & Paper Industry, thus the traders were able to occupy the rightful place in their relevant spheres of activities. Since inauguration in 1959, AGMs/Conferences of FPTA held in various parts of the country from one of the Affiliated Associations. We also organize annually two Managing Committee meetings, invited by one of the affiliated association on circulation basis in which we discuss all the matters of the trade & proceeding. We follow all kinds of procedures to make our FPTA more powerful, transparent & unite as one like Voting, Discussing, Electing & Nominating the member for various committees and passing the Laws. In 2010, we took our AGM/Conference to international level congregating at Malaysia. We had also signed a Trade Agreement there with Malaysian Paper Traders association & Government of Malaysia. We are Managing Committee Members of various Indian Government Bodies related to our Paper Trade such as FICCI & ASSOCHAM. We represent our Country to all major & minor events held worldwide with great enthusiasm like educative programs, visit paper mills all over world, exhibitions related to paper, printing or packaging, seminars. We also organize trips to Indonesia, China, Japan, Thailand, Dubai & various parts of Europe. We are having 33 affiliated Associations all over the country doing great job for Paper trade & traders under our guidelines and more than 20,000 co-members of the respective Associations. We are a very powerful Body in Our Industry & of our country. As paper, industry & trade have several problems such as power, raw material, transportation, fuel price rise etc. causing difficulty in pricing & planning to meet the requirement, to keep the consistency in price of paper at acceptable levels & make available to all segments of society we play an important role in this sphere during crucial time. We formulate all the paper trade customs updated by various international bodies to our respected members by different modes & communications. We also circulate the statistical data obtained from IPMA & CRISIL time to time to know current market demand & scenario. We also make all arrangements to educate our upcoming young generation by making them attend one of the top faculties in India i.e. Institute of Paper Technology, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Many regular publications & testing instruments related to our trade are available for references of our members. We have our website www.papertradeindia.com (developed by kapil chaudhary), & it is been updated regularly.

FPTA gives channel of knowledge & all the global updates about our Paper Industry to our respected traders. The association is always ready to sort out any problems that arise due to Government, Semi-Government, Non-Government or Private Sector enactments. We respect our traders & convince the concerned authorities affecting the trade in general & particular. We acknowledge the services of everyone concerned with the paper from Paper Mills, Distributors, & wholesale to consumers. FPTA has been getting strength through increased membership from year to year and has completed 54 years of service to its members & trade. --Pulppaperindia (talk) 09:46, 2 November 2012 (UTC)Compiled By Kapil Chaudhary www.pulppaperindia.com Convener – Committee for Communication Affairs (FPTA) Member – Committee for International Trade (FPTA) www.papertradeindia.com