Faced with a shortfall of 7.6 lakh bales of gunny bags for procurement of food grains by the government procuring agencies in 2009-10, the Centre is exploring the possibility of using high-density polyethylene bags, polypropylene bags and old gunny bags for paddy packaging.
In a bid to stabilise prices of the benchmark TD 4 variety of raw jute, which shot up by Rs 212 a quintal last month, the Centre is planning to launch a massive exercise against hoarding across the country.
The jute industry is up in arms against the government over the import of jute sacks from the neighbouring countries of Nepal and Bangladesh and have threatened to stop production if it continues.
The Ahmedabad-based National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE) and Mumbai-based National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (Ncdex) have suspended jute contracts from today onwards, industry sources
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court refused to pass any order against the order passed by a single judge which had directed the Jute Commissioner of India (JCI) to continue with the system of
The Calcutta High Court issued an order restraining the Jute Commissioner of India from enforcing the new set of parameters on production of gunny bags.
Raw jute prices are seen going up by at least Rs 50 per 100 kilogram in the next 4-5 days after the steep decline last week, traders said Tuesday. The government order for 196,000 bales of jute bags
The Union ministry of textiles is examining a proposal to carry out a PEST (political, environment, social and technological) analysis on the office of the jute commissioner (JC), as a first step to
Large-scale policy and other changes may have to take place to make viable a number of organisations, including the Jute Corporation of India, operating under the Union textiles ministry, if a
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