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Related Keywords: ec0-friendly product, golden fiber, Indian jute industry, policy, solution and suggestion

To boost production and consumption of jute and keeping workers interest in mind, consensual and amicable solutions and suggestions have been called for in the areas of policy and implementation in the jute sector with a view to develop by Union Labour minister Narendra Singh Tomar, who met with the representatives from Textiles, Commerce and Industry and Finance ministries as well as different trade unions during the tripartite meeting.
 

Related Keywords: demand of jute bag, IJMA, Indian jute industry, June Packaging Material Act, jute bag order, Punjab state, Textile Ministry

The jute industry which was already going through a bad phase has taken a further hit due to the State not honouring its sourcing commitments this production season. The Minister of State for Textile (independent charge) Santosh Gangwar, will be holding talks with Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal to find out the state’s failure to place any orders for jute bags in June and July despite prior commitments.
 

Related Keywords: AP government, Chittivalasa jute mills, Indian jute industry, mill management, reopen

Chittivalasa jute mills at Tagarapuvalasa in Visakhapatnam district to re-open soon as more than 5,000 workers are dependent on it. The decision came in after the AP government initiated a meeting with the owner of the mill and directed the mill management on Sunday to get it reopened.
 
Lockout was declared in the mill on April 20, 2009, and since then it has remained closed in spite of several attempts to get it re-opened during the past five years.
 

Related Keywords: Indian jute industry, jute bags, jute mill, parliamentary secretary, reopen, structural problem, Victoria jute mill

After the meeting held by parliamentary secretary (labour) Tapan Dasgupta, Victoria mill president R.K. Singh “reluctantly” agreed to reopen the factory in Chandernagore, which was closed down since June 17 following alleged despoilment by the labourers on the premises.

Ten employees of Victoria Jute Mill were suspended after they allegedly caused damage to equipment on the premises. But, the workers claimed that a colleague on night duty had fallen ill and were yet asked to continue working.

Related Keywords: Indian jute industry, Indian jute mills, Indian jute mills association, jute bags, jute export market, jute production, jute stock, Textile Ministry

Jute is one of the oldest industries in India depending a lot on government orders. This year the industry is facing one of its most severe challenges due to thinning demand. Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) and other mill owners have straight on blamed rapid decline in procurement of jute bags for food grains this year for piling jute stocks and drastic reduction in production.

Related Keywords: Bengal jute mill, Indian jute industry, Indian jute mills association

The Bengal jute mills facing closure due to shortage of orders from government food-procuring agencies and moreover worried over synthetic substitutes as well as huge labour and drastic production costs.

An Indian Jute Mills Association release said that already five jute mills had closed down and in others there was an across-the-board drastic production cuts.