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The Punjab government had been defaulting on jute bag orders for the past three months, the biggest buyer of jute bags have pointed out that jute mills were supplying poor quality, inferior and second hand bags at almost double the original price resulting in a loss to the tune of Rs 2000 crore every year. The complaint has been forward to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The decision of the Punjab government to blacklist seven jute mills of West Bengal and unexpectedly stop supplies from seven other mills has landed the jute industry in the soup.
