National Bamboo Mission envisages bamboo plantations over more than 1.7 ha which will need more than 7 crore plants. It is not enough to rely upon seedlings alone to meet this requirement and several organizations have started experimenting propagation by vegetative methods.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/bamboo-pan-india-plantation-programmes-preliminary-observations-recent-trials
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/k-haridasan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/salil-tewari
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/indian-forester-0
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-policy