Related Keywords: growers and their families, Indian jute industry, jute packaging material act 1987, production of jute sacks, sacking looms, synthetic lobby, Tapan Sen, textiles minister
At present the labour-intensive jute industry has a total installed capacity of around 29,00 sacking looms, which produce around 20.5 lakh tonnes of jute sacks. The Government’s reported move to "completely phase out" the Jute Packaging Materials Act 1987, will have “negative impact” on the jute industry spread over five States, affecting about 40 lakh workers, growers and their families, said Tapan Sen, Rajya Sabha MP from CPI(M).
