H.P. State Forest Corporation Limited an undertaking of the HP Govt. which came into existence on the 25th of March 1974. This Corporation deals with the marketing of mainly Timber, fuelwood, pulpwood, bamboos, Khair, rosin, turpentine oil, subsidiary products (viz., phenyl, varnish, black Japan). In addition, a Fibre Board Factory at Baijnath is presently engaged in the joinery works, timber chemical treatm ent and timber seasoning for Government as well as private timber.
The Corporation has been mainly created with the following objectives :
- To carry out the extraction of timber and resin on scientific lines by adopting suitable modern techniques.
- To eliminate the Contractor's agency in respect of works of timber extraction and resin tapping.
- To obviate the chances of illicit felling of trees, illicit tapping of resin and other malpractices.
- To work the forests on commercial lines by recycling of funds for works and also by raising funds from financial institutions as per requirements.
The Corporation has got Expertise in the following:
TIMBER OPERATIONS:
The Corporation has a long experience of timber harvesting and extraction operations and is in a position to provide expertise for the purpose.
RESIN TAPPING:
Since the entire resin tapping work is being done by the Corporation, it has developed Modern techniques or resin tapping and expertise in this respect is available for training as well as execution of works.
RESIN PROCESSING:
With the two rosin factories working for more than three decades, the Corporation has fully trained staff for this work and expertise in this respect is available for the purpose of resin processing.
