Industrial distress and law and order concerns are key issues in North 24 Parganas assembly constituencies. The rivalry between Arjun Singh...

Ghanshyam Das Birla, a young Marwari, defied British dominance in India's jute industry in 1919. He established Birla Jute, facing oppositi...

The Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles, and Skill Development proposed an umbrella policy for the cotton sector and comprehensive measu...

The jute sector in India experienced a mixed year in 2023, with a bumper cash crop harvest but a mid-season demand slump. However, governme...

The industry has been demanding organised labour colonies within or close to the mills that would cater to migrant workers from rural Benga...

"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 ...

Under the Act, government has mandated 90 per cent of foodgrains and 20 per cent of sugar be packed in jute bags. The annual subsidy for th...

Textile Secretary Rashmi Verma that jute mills raised issues like intense competition and cheap Bangladeshi import while jute balers said t...

Mills have been contesting price cap for sacking and urging the government to remove it as supply would not be possible with high raw mater...

However, the industry is apprehensive as cost of production is pegged at Rs 3,650 a quintal by the Jute Corporation of India (JCI).

The West Bengal government has sought time to give its feedback that will help the Centre decide on the roadmap on further jute dilution.

After the question hour, Biman Banerjee said an adjournment motion was moved by Sohrab which cannot be admitted but allowed him to read it ...

The group of ministers will meet again on May 19 along with industry representatives to review and find ways and means to reopen the closed...

The eight jute mills including Kanpur Udyog, J K Jute, Gouripur and Chitavalsa were closed down and rendered 19,723 workers jobless.

Almost everybody in the industry unofficially confirm having heard of the fact that several of the jute baron's estimated Rs 2,500 crore bu...

Mixed trends again prevailed on local gunny market this past week with prices of sacking showing no change, followed by hessian, in absence...

Raw jute futures trading will go live on the MCX platform from July 31.