Private company

Hindustan Newsprint Limited

Indian public sector papermaking company

Hindustan Newsprint Ltd. (HNL) was a government company in the Indian Central Public Sector. HNL was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, on 7 June 1983, in Kottayam district, Kerala. HNL is a former fully owned subsidiary of Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPC) which is fully owned by Government of India.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Entrance Road Of Hindustan Newsprint Limited, Kottayam
Photo: Anandu Manoj, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Hindustan Newsprint Ltd. (HNL) was a government company in the Indian Central Public Sector. HNL was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, on 7 June 1983, in Kottayam district, Kerala. HNL is a former fully owned subsidiary of Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPC) which is fully owned by Government of India. It is now a public sector undertaking under Government of Kerala. It was renamed as Kerala Paper Products Limited (KPPL) in 2021.2

The story

This Project was conceived, as early as, 1968 when the first Feasibility Report was prepared and on the basis of that Report the Government of India took a decision in May, 1970 to approve this Project in principle and desired that the HPC or HNL, on being established, should prepare a Detailed Project Report for approval of Government.

From Wikipedia’s article on Hindustan Newsprint, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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