The government’s decision to resume the use of handmade Lokta paper in government documentation and citizenship certificate generated high hopes but there is no domestic market for it yet.

On March 9, 2009 when the government decided to reuse Lokta paper after an interval of 11 years it brought great hope to the people related to the Lokta paper industry. “Along with the decision there started mass production of Nepali handmade paper but compared to the production there was no demand in the market,” said Dr Milan Dev Bhattarai, director of Get Paper Industries.