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Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) met the state Labour Minister Malay Ghatak recently and apprised him of the latest problems Beside, requesting him to take some immediate steps, they have urged state government to introduce a Jute Policy along with jute packaging laws for different agro products in the state for sustainability of the jute sector. They also urged to issues order for packing 100 percent potato and rice in jute bags.

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A delegation of jute mill owners urged the Bangladesh government to lift the ban on the export of the raw fibre in the wake of supply constraints in Indian mills.

Indian Jute Mills Association said that prior to the ban, a large number of contracts had been signed between Bangladesh raw jute sellers and Indian jute mills owners and traders.

Commitments about 50,000 tonnes of raw jute are involved in these settled contracts. The imposition of ban will result in non-fulfilment of this contract.

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The National Jute Board (NJB), Bihar government’s rural works department and the Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) has endorsed the use of geo-textile in Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).

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The Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) has raised the demand ahead of the Union Budget to impose duty on imports of jute goods from Bangladesh that has grown by 35 percent in the April-December period of this fiscal at the expense of domestic manufacturers. Over the same period, the domestic jute bags manufacturers have cut production by more than 25 percent.

Under the SAARC treaty, there is zero duty on import of jute goods from Bangladesh, thereby creating a non level playing field between jute manufacturers of India and Bangladesh.

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The decline in jute demand has led to closure of some mills in India while affecting production and has rendered over 1 lakh workers jobless. Reeling under the impact of severe demand crisis, jute manufacturers have urged the government to take immediate measures to revive the industry.

Related Keywords: biggest buyer, blacklist seven jute mills, Indian jute industry, Indian jute mills association, jute bag order, poor quality jute bage, Punjab Government, second hand

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.

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Lok Sabha members raising the issues regarding the condition of the jute industry along with deteriorating law & order situation in West Bengal has demanded that the government should support the jute farmers and mill owners to prevent large scale unemployment in the state.

TMC came into power on the basis of improving the condition of ailing industries and hence TMC member Dinesh Trivedi has drawn the attention of the House towards the dreadful state of jute mills in the state and said that 10 mills have shut down in West Bengal between 2010-11 and 2012-13.

Related Keywords: ban, Bureau of Indian Standards, cheaper price, government quota, importing jute bags, Indian jute mills association, jute mills, poor quality, unfair trade practices

Some jute mills, including a majority of them belonging to Indian Jute Mills Association (Ijma), have been found illegally importing jute bags from Bangladesh and Nepal at a cheaper price to sell it at higher prices to the state-owned food procuring agencies for profiteering.
The Jute Commissioner has warned the jute industry of a ban on their getting a government quota for five years, citing unfair trade practices by some mills.

The Jute Packaging Materials Act, 1987 provides for compulsory packaging of sugar and food grains in jute bags by government agencies up to 100 per cent.

Related Keywords: Indian jute industry, Indian jute mills association, jute bag, packing foodgrains. packing potatoes, producion cutback

The jute industry is reeling under a demand crisis and four mills are now under a lock-out. Nearly one lakh persons are out of work in the industry due to production cutbacks. Moreover, the West Bengal government not buying jute bags as promised is a big menace for the jute industry.
 

Related Keywords: annual jute production, Bengal jute industry, Indian jute mills association, jute bags, Mamata Banerjee, plastic bags, Punjab Government

The Indian Jute Mills Association efforts to reinforce the jute industry which is heading toward debacle seems to have failed as Punjab, the highest consumer of jute bags has deciding not to buy about two lakh bales or about 4 percent of Bengal’s annual produce. This is an immense blow of state’s labour intensive industry that is weighed down by rising stocks, lack of orders, a number of closures and labour violence. The hassled jute industry in Bengal suffered another setback on Friday with Punjab, reluctant on buying jute bags.