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Industrial Bong for the Buck: A blueprint for West Bengal’s evolution from an entrepot to a production hubWest Bengal’s hopes of an industrial revival face structural challenges despite strong manufacturing growth over the past decade. A NITI Aa...
Receiving Bharat Tex queries despite global disruptions: Textiles SecretaryBharat Tex 2026 is making news, with the Textile Ministry noting a surge in interest from international exhibitors and diplomatic represent...
Baranagar Assembly Election Result 2026: TMC's Sayantika Banerjee vs. BJP's Sajal Ghosh vs. CPIM's Sayandeep Mitra, who is winning?Baranagar awaits a crucial verdict on May 4, 2026. The constituency sees a tight contest between TMC's Sayantika Banerjee, BJP's Sajal Ghos...
Garment exporters see demand recovering as US tariff pressures easeIndian garment exporters expect a strong business rebound in the second half of the fiscal year. Easing US tariff pressures are bringing bu...
PMI slows to lowest level in 4 years in MarchIn March 2026, India's manufacturing sector hit a snag with its lowest growth in nearly four years. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI took a...
West Asia in turmoil, govt looks to clear trade routes to South AsiaIndia is focusing on increasing exports to South Asian nations like Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. This strategic shift comes as exports...
Investment pledges surge, jute and tea sectors under strain in West BengalWest Bengal's economy in 2025 experienced significant investment in ports, power, and technology. Major companies pledged substantial funds...
Jute industry pins hope on June 3 ECJ meet amid supply crunch, soaring pricesThe Expert Committee on Jute will meet in Kolkata to assess raw jute supply. The industry faces high prices and delayed arrivals. The commi...
Crisis-hit jute sector lauds Union budgetThe Jute sector is a key economic activity worth Rs 10,000 crore for West Bengal supporting 2.5 lakh mill workers and over 4 million farmer...
Piyush Goyal remains optimistic about $2 trillion export targetPiyush Goyal has claimed that the country will meet its ambitious $2 trillion export target by 2030, notwithstanding geopolitical headwinds...
Jute mills foresee 30-50pc production cuts on low procurement plan for jute packaging"In the current jute season from September to November 2023, the actual demand indent placement is lower by 30-40 per cent. In September al...
Hit by raw jute crisis, manpower shortage, 16 Bengal mills shut down"Of the 16 mills, five have been closed down in the last four days mainly due to raw material crisis. We have apprehension that another 10 ...
Companies await pick-up in demand to boost manufacturingWith a majority of manufacturing facilities across sectors still operating below optimum levels, India Inc awaits a pick-up in demand to ra...
Saktigarh Jute Park: How a closed textile mill in Bengal became a successful venturePushpa is among Saktigarh Jute Park’s about 1,800 workers, many of them women from backward classes and below poverty line families.
BIFR sole authority to move companies out of its supervision: Supreme CourtThe SC has held that the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction will continue to have jurisdiction over any sick company referre...
- Don't panic in crisis; count on multiple options
Whenever faced with a crisis, we don’t panic because we have multiple options (Plan B, Plan C... ) even as we start.
- IJSG favours application of jute geo-textiles
International Jute Study Group, a Dhaka-based inter-governmental body set up to function as global commodity body for jute and other fibres...
- Jute order upsets sugar mills more than glut
The archaic policy of compulsory packaging of certain commodities in jute bags has got considerably diluted in recent years.
- Jute industry fails to cash in on changing global trends
The advent of the ‘open quota’ regime, globalisation and economic liberalisation under the WTO agreement have opened up new opportunities a...
Bengal PF dept sells 3 jute cos’ assetsTHE REGIONAL provident fund department has sold in auction the assets and shares of three jute mills in the Barrackpore-Jagatdal jute belt ...