Fifth edition of Paper Day celebrated on 1 August The Federation of Paper Traders’ Association of India (FPTA), in association with Indian Paper Manufacture Association (IPMA) and Indian Pulp & Paper Technical Association (IPPTA), organised a webinar to celebrate Paper Day on 1 August. FPTA has been celebrating 1 August as Paper Day for the last five years as an occasion to highlight the importance of paper and to dispel among the masses the misconceptions regarding paper. JP Narain of Century Pulp and Paper This year’s event was all the more important as the last two years have been especially trying for the paper industry due to the ongoing pandemic. The paper industry was especially hit with the closure of the education institutes, which also resulted in a marked shift towards digitisation.