Govt fixes 8.19% 'return on capital' for jute bag supplies for foodgrain packagingIndian jute mills will earn an 8.19 per cent return on capital for supplying jute bags under the new pricing framework. This benefits mills...
06 Jan, 2025, 02.42 PM IST
CCEA nod to mandatory packaging of food grains, 20% sugar in jute bags till June’2024The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has extended mandatory packaging of 100% food grains and 20% sugar in diversified jute bag...
08 Dec, 2023, 09.28 PM IST
Eco-friendly Elegance: 10 Best-Selling Jute Bags for Sustainable Fashion (2023)Discover eco-friendly elegance with this curated selection of the best jute bags. These sustainable fashion accessories combine style and c...
05 Dec, 2023, 08.38 PM IST
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...
29 Oct, 2020, 08.48 PM IST
Government approves alternative bags made of polymer to package foodgrainsThe COVID-19 related lockdown has affected the working in the jute mills thereby disrupting the production of jute bags. Textiles ministry ...
07 Apr, 2020, 09.32 PM IST
Commerce department recommends extension of anti-dumping duty on jute bags from BangladeshCurrently, the duty exists on jute yarn, sacking bags and hessian fabric (made from skin of jute plant) and imposed in the range of $6.3-35...
20 Mar, 2019, 06.34 PM IST
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.
07 Jan, 2019, 03.04 PM IST
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,"...
22 Nov, 2018, 04.59 PM IST
India may extend anti-dumping duty to jute clothes from BangladeshThe DGAD in a notification has said that it has found "sufficient prima facie evidence" of circumvention of the anti-dumping duties leviabl...
26 Mar, 2018, 11.39 PM IST
If government implements proposal, it would be a big boost for the jute bag industry: Hemant Bangur, Executive Chairman of GlosterThe sugar industry has practically defaulted for all these previous years under the jute packaging mandatory order and right now it is almo...
29 Sep, 2016, 11.50 AM IST
Cabinet discontinues services of DGS&D in jute bag procurementFrom November, jute bags will be procured by the Jute Commissioner of India under the Textiles Ministry as decided by Cabinet Committee on ...
03 Aug, 2016, 10.45 PM IST
Mother Dairy outlets to sell jute bags to curb polythene useThe jute carry bags will be priced at Rs 25 in the milk booths, while a larger size, suitable for carrying vegetables and groceries, will b...
19 Apr, 2016, 08.32 PM IST
Cut down cost of jute production: President Pranab MukherjeePresident stressed that jute should be preferred in packaging of food grains & sugar, and that its cost of production should be cut down.
01 Aug, 2014, 10.50 PM IST
- Sugar mills express concern over mandatory 100% packaging of sugar in jute bags
Private sugar mills have expressed concern over the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs order that 100% of sugar produced be packaged in ...
17 Nov, 2011, 08.54 PM IST
- Indian jute bags a big hit in HK, Europe
In the European countries, exporters of Indian jute carry and shopping bags shipped over 40 million bags in the fiscal ended March 2009 and...
23 Apr, 2009, 12.19 AM IST
- Centre may stop jute bag buys for rabi season by March
The Union government is likely to end its purchases of jute bags for the current rabi foodgrain packaging by coming March as the authoritie...
31 Jan, 2008, 02.52 AM IST
- Govt rejects panel's advice on use of jute bags
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday overruled the suggestions of a parliamentary standing committee and said the g...
07 Jul, 2006, 12.22 AM IST