The 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...

Mills in Bengal directly employ about 2.5 lakh workers, while 40 lakh farmers are engaged in producing the raw material in the state, and p...

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...

Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) said raw jute price ceiling is going to be counterproductive for jute cultivation and sought the inter...

Virtually inaugurating a workshop organised at ICAR-CRIJAF Institute at Barrackpore, West Bengal on Monday, Irani said the ICARE Initiative...

The COVID-19 related lockdown has affected the working in the jute mills thereby disrupting the production of jute bags. Textiles ministry ...

For packing 46 lakh MT, 6.35 crore jute bags are required, and 65 lakh for 6 lakh MT.

"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,"...

A meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Ministry of Textiles on July 15 is slated to discuss the procurement plan for the...

The government today raised the minimum support price (MSP) of raw jute by 18.5 per cent to Rs 3,200 per quintal for 2016-17 in order to bo...

The Agriculture Ministry has moved a Cabinet note proposing an increase in MSP of raw jute by 18.5% to Rs 3,200 per quintal for 2016-17 in ...

The government approved mandatory use of jute packaging material for foodgrains and sugar, a move which will provide relief to 3.7 lakh jut...

The government today approved mandatory packaging of sugar and foodgrains in jute material to minimum extent of up to 90 per cent of produc...

A vociferous opposition today forced adjournment of the Lok Sabha on the issue of non-availability of gunny bags to farmers for storage and...

Mamata Banerjee is likely to pursue a mixed economic model as she ventures to reconstruct a state in a deep financial mess.

The post harvest wastage in India for instance, is estimated to be as high as 26 per cent. This figure is just two per cent in the develope...

The Central government is formulating a comprehensive jute policy and recommendations received in this connection are being processed to fi...