In India, I don't know if other pencil companies make drawing pencils - pencils of different grades, but Camlin and Apsara are two born-in-India companies that do. Apsara has been making them for as long as I can remember; I don't recall when Camlin joined in.
Camlin has the advantage of packaging - 6 different grades HB, 2B, 3B, 4B, 6B and 8B - in a cute cardboard box. Now that Camlin has merged with Japan's Kokuyo, the combined name is visible, but that's about all the difference. Good quality remains. Apsara drawing pencils have always been fabulous; we used them in school for art work 30 years ago too. I don't think the pattern or colour of the lacquer has changed in all these years. I've not seen different grades available in a box; we have to buy them loose or buy a box of the same grade. That's a slight negative. I love writing with the 4B - smooth and dark.
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