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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...
Centre requests mills to halt raw jute importThe current season's total jute availability stood at 119 lakh bales, from which 5 lakh bales were of imported raw jute.
From supermarkets in the US to fashion houses in France, an Indian industry sees strong revivalAs much of the world seeks biodegradable alternatives to synthetic materials like plastics, Indian jute is making its way around the planet...
IJMA says raw jute price ceiling counterproductive, seeks Mamata's interventionIndian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) said raw jute price ceiling is going to be counterproductive for jute cultivation and sought the inter...
Government committed to welfare of farmers: Smriti IraniVirtually inaugurating a workshop organised at ICAR-CRIJAF Institute at Barrackpore, West Bengal on Monday, Irani said the ICARE Initiative...
Govt approves mandatory packaging of food grains, 20% sugar in jute bagsThe decision also mandates that initially 10% of the indents of jute bags for packing food grains would be placed through a reverse auction...
West Bengal food & supply department to buy 7 crore bags from jute farmersFor packing 46 lakh MT, 6.35 crore jute bags are required, and 65 lakh for 6 lakh MT.
Government makes jute packaging mandatory for all food grains"The CCEA approved that 100 per cent of the food grains and 20 per cent of the sugar shall be mandatorily packed in diversified jute bags,"...
Textile Ministry plans policy intervention for jute sectorTextile Secretary Rashmi Verma that jute mills raised issues like intense competition and cheap Bangladeshi import while jute balers said t...
Jute sector gets relief, sops to stayThe development brings some confidence among the jute industry that involves 300,000 workers and 40 lakh farmers in West Bengal alone.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Left oppose jute packaging Act dilution"I would request that cental government should not go ahead with the proposed reduction of reservation of jute packaging," the Chief Minist...
Government hikes MSP of jute to Rs 2,400 per quintalGovernment today hiked the minimum support price (MSP) of jute by Rs 100 to Rs 2,400 per quintal for 2014-15 season.
- No plan for Rs 300/quintal support over jute MSP: Textile Secretary
"There is no plan for any additional price of Rs 300 per quintal over the MSP from Centre and neither the Textiles Ministry nor Agriculture...
- Govt to hike support price for jute
Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran on Wednesday said his ministry had constituted a working group to formulate a national fibre policy...
- Bengal government bats for organic farming
The West Bengal government plans to bring at least 20% of the state’s arable land under organic cultivation by the end of the 11th Plan, sa...
- Centre urged to ensure 100% use of jute in foodgrain packaging
The West Bengal government urged the Centre to ensure that the reservation percentage of jute for packaging of foodgrains and sugar is main...
- Govt clears decks for jute futures
East India Jute and Hessian Exchange have secured permission from the Union ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution to r...