The first Conference was held on 16th Feb. 1959 in Mumbai , which was inaugurated by Late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and presided over by Late Shri Jethmal Lalvani who became the first President of FPTA. In February 1961, the Managing Committee honored Late Shri Jethmal Lalvani, by rightly awarding the First Gold Medal to him in recognition of his meritorious services to the paper trade. Since inauguration in 1959 AGMs/conferences of FPTA have been held in various parts of the country as per invitations received from one or the other affiliated associations and prominent personalities like Shri Narendra Modi, Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, Ministers of various States and others have graced the occasions. We are the apex body of paper traders having 35 affiliated associations and more than 10,000 traders are our co-members. FPTA has been constantly working for the benefit of the traders and for safeguarding their interests at all appropriate levels. On one hand it keeps its members well informed about the developments, government laws, statistics and information connected to the trade. On the other hand it acts as a representative of the traders for communicating their problems and requirements with the union and state governments and for representing and negotiating with the industry. The federation also conducts and represents the trader community in various seminars, exhibitions, training courses, etc. On the social front the federation is trying to remove from the public’s mind the myth that all paper is made by cutting trees. We want the public to know that forests are not lost due to paper usage because for every tree that is used to make paper we plant at least two new trees.