Jute mills met with Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh regarding the raw jute crisis. The minister assured the delegation he would revie...

The Indian Jute Mills Association has asked the government to stop private raw jute trading after March 31. This move aims to control risin...

Indian jute millers are facing a crisis. Bangladesh has restricted raw jute exports, causing shortages and price hikes in India. Millers wa...

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

Singh was summoned by the BJP top brass after he voiced his reservations against the way of functioning of the party's state unit.

Arjun Singh is the MP of Barrackpore, an industrial area where several jute mills are facing raw jute crisis.

"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 ...

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...

The Commerce Ministry is likely to pitch the idea of the export development fund in pre-Budget consultations with the finance ministry on J...

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.

The Centre issued control order in the wake of jute hoarding, which created artificial shortage in supply of raw material to mills.

"I would request that cental government should not go ahead with the proposed reduction of reservation of jute packaging," the Chief Minist...

Crisis ridden jute industry seeks for help from government as domestic jute industry faces competition from subsidized produces from Bangla...

A study by Mckensey estimates that 30-40 per cent of agricultural produce in India goes waste, which amounts to a whopping Rs. 12,000 crore...

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...