The first newsprint paper mill in India was set up at:

India's first newsprint mill, the National Newsprint and Paper Mills (NEPA Mills), was set up at Nepanagar, in the Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh.

About NEPA Mills:

It was established in 1947 as a private company, and it began producing newsprint in the mid-1950s.

It was later taken over by the Government of Madhya Pradesh and then by the Government of India. It is now a central public sector undertaking, "Nepa Limited", under the Ministry of Heavy Industries.

The town of Nepanagar grew around the mill and was named after it ("NEPA" stands for National Newsprint and Paper).

It used bamboo and wood (such as salai) from the nearby forests of the Satpura region as raw material.

It faced losses for many years and was revived and modernised with government support.

What is newsprint:

• Newsprint is a low-cost, thin paper used mainly for printing newspapers.
• It is made mainly from mechanical wood pulp or recycled paper.
• India imports a large part of the newsprint it needs.

Other paper industry facts:

• Titagarh (West Bengal) was one of the early centres of the modern paper industry in India.
• The Mysore Paper Mills at Bhadravati, Karnataka, was set up in 1936.
• Ballarpur Industries (Maharashtra) was one of India's largest private paper makers.
• Hindustan Newsprint Limited was set up at Velloor, Kerala, in 1982.
• The Security Paper Mill at Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad), Madhya Pradesh, set up in 1968, makes paper for currency notes and other security documents.
• Paper is made from bamboo, wood, bagasse (sugarcane waste), straw and waste paper.
• Paper was invented in China by Cai Lun around 105 CE.

Other important industries in Madhya Pradesh:

• Bank Note Press at Dewas, Madhya Pradesh.
• Security Paper Mill at Narmadapuram.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Titagarh, West Bengal, was an early centre of paper making.
• ✗Bhadravati, Karnataka, has the Mysore Paper Mills.
• ✗Ballarpur, Maharashtra, has a large paper mill.