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Related Keywords: called for an improvement in raw jute quality, compete with neighbouring Bangladesh, diversified jute products, given good seeds, Help Indian jute industry, ICC event last evening, income level, jute farmers, raise productivity, Union minister Smriti Irani, use of jute in building road infrastructure

To help the Indian jute industry to compete with neighbouring Bangladesh in diversified jute products, the Union minister Smriti Irani at an ICC event last evening has called for an improvement in raw jute quality.

For the purpose, the jute farmers will have to be given good seeds which would also raise productivity and their income level.

She said that this is a pressure on the jute industry and the issues are related to the quality of raw jute. The quality can be improved by using good quality seeds.

Irani also advocated the use of jute in building road infrastructure.

Related Keywords: Assam state sees rise in jute cultivation area, better remunerative prices, fluctuation in jute price, including by hoarding, jute farmers, no artificial shortage of jute

Assam state sees rise in jute cultivation area during the last five years and jute farmers are getting better remunerative prices for their crop. This year, over 70,000 hectares of land in the State was under jute cultivation against around 62,000 hectares in 2010-11, said Agriculture Minister Rakibul Hussain in the the legislative assembly.

He added that the Central Government is working to ensure that there is no artificial shortage of jute, including by hoarding, and the State Government is extending full cooperation in the matter.

Related Keywords: compulsory use, demand crisis, dilution in jute act, IJMA, impact workers, JPMA, jute bags, jute farmers, packaging food grain, Textile Ministry

The Textile Ministry has decided no further dilution in the rules for compulsory use of such bags for packaging of foodgrain and sugar this year as it would have severe impact on lakhs of workers and jute farmers.

The Textiles Ministry decided to retain the recommendation of 90 percent minimum jute for food grain and 20 percent for sugar, as recommended by the standing advisory committee for the current season. The jute industry, which is struggling to cope with sharp fall in orders of jute bags, has got a breather.

Related Keywords: jute, jute farmers, labour shortage, new jute price, Nilphamari district, processing cost, processing of jute, target jute cultivation

A long process is required to get jute fibre for marketing and the jute farmers are now engaged in the process. Processing of jute is going on in full swing despite acute labour shortage in Nilphamari district in Northern Bangladesh.
 
The labour shortage has lead to increase in the remuneration of a labour to Tk 400 per day as a result processing cost also gone up.