In Tripura, production of bamboo-based products like handicrafts, furniture and sticks for Agarbatti-making, has grown three-fold to over 93 crore rupees since 2006-07. Expressing satisfaction at the growth rate, state's Forest Minister Jitendra Chowdhury said, there had been a commensurate increase in the revenue also.The state earned 80 per cent of its profit in bamboo products by making sticks for Agarbatti, which met 60 per cent of the country's total demand for the product. According to the state government, there are 21 known species of Bamboo.The state government had launched the Tripura Bamboo Mission in the year for integrated development of the sector. Bamboo has been identified as a major thrust area by the state government for development. The state has formulated a state bamboo policy and also signed an MoU with the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) for effective implementation of the Bamboo policy.