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JUTE INDUSTRY NEWS
Farmers demand jute MSP of Rs 12,000 per quintal & wider procurement outlets
September 13, 2025 9:14 am
Representatives from the CPI(M), Forward Bloc, Congress and other groups attended the meeting, where they presented a memorandum outlining problems faced by jute cultivators.
Jute crisis deepens as prices fall below MSP amid reduced orders
June 25, 2024 7:03 pm
This alarming drop in prices has occurred despite projections of reduced production by the Expert Committee on Jute (ECJ), primarily due to significantly reduced orders for GBT (Gunny Burlap Textile) bags by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and State Procuring Agencies (SPAs).
Rainfall shortage in southern Bengal delays supply of raw jute to mills
July 11, 2022 2:32 pm
Though mills are ready to stock raw jute for production for the 2022-23 season, the retting process of the plants is being held back due to a lack of rainfall in the southern districts of the state, accounting for the lion's share of total jute cultivation.
West Bengal polls: At end of their rope, jute workers say Ram, ‘outsider’ not their issues
April 08, 2021 5:45 am
The once-famed jute industry of Bengal, spread over districts like Hooghly and North 24 Parganas,is battling problems such as finances, inefficiency, labour struggles, causing mills to open and shut at regular intervals.
Certified jute seeds for farmers in West Bengal: Smriti Irani
June 01, 2018 2:38 am
Use of certified seeds will naturally improve the crop quality, which in turn will help jute traders to go for enhanced diversification of jute products said the Union Textiles Minister.
Govt hikes raw jute MSP by Rs 200 to Rs 3,700/quintal for 2018-19
April 25, 2018 6:29 pm
The decision would benefit jute farmers mainly in West Bengal, Assam and Bihar which account for 95 per cent of the country's jute production. The government in the Budget for 2018-19 had announced fixing MSPs at 1.5 times the cost of production for various crops.
Why Bengal's jute industry is hanging by a thread
June 29, 2014 1:00 am
A look at how the jute industry in Bengal, which once paved the way for industrialisation in the state, has slowly disintegrated into chaos.
No fresh order, PF irregularities: Jute mills stand exposed
June 17, 2014 2:21 am
Incidentally, the company was one of the 55 mills that defaulted in provident fund deposits.
With jute workers on strike,polypropylene bags come to the rescue of sugar mills
January 01, 2010 11:53 pm
The prolonged strike by jute mill workers in West Bengal has led to a shortage in the supply of jute bags in Gujarat.
JUTE INDUSTRY PHOTOS
Bengal's first jute mill— rich past, fraying future
December 01, 2020 7:36 pm
Jute production is a major industry in West Bengal. Most of the mills in the state are concentrated along the banks of Hooghly river in Howrah, Hooghly, and North 24 Parganas districts.
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