Jute mills in Bengal are estimating a 30 per cent decline in demand of jute bags in 2024-25 amid shortfall of mandatory procurement of jute bags for packing of foodgrains and sugar. Lack of demand for ...

The jute industry faced a nearly "30 per cent reduction in demand" for food grains and sugar packaging bags, resulting in trimmed working hours in mills in 2024, while subdued prices for the finished ...

NADIA, India – When shoppers in places like America take a woven reusable bag to the store, they aren’t just saving the planet. They are reviving a storied industry thousands of miles away in India.

The government has relaxed lease conditions for state-run jute mills to encourage private investment, which would address the financial losses of the factories, reduce the shortfall of raw jute, ...

Prices of raw jute, once dubbed the "golden fibre" of Bangladesh, have increased by nearly 19 percent year-on-year as demand has outpaced supply following the government's ban on polythene bags.

The food ministry has written to all the sugar mills to the Rules under the Jute Packaging Material (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987 as notified by the Textile Ministry after it was ...

In the dim light of a century-old mill, dozens of men work in silence, their sweat-darkened undershirts clinging to taut, weary backs. Hulking metal machinery clatters and thrums, coughing up fibrous ...

The jute industry is pinning its hopes on the upcoming Expert Committee on Jute (ECJ) meeting, scheduled for June 3 in Kolkata, as it grapples with high raw jute prices, delayed crop arrivals, and ...

The suspension of work at Gondalpara Jute Mill in Hooghly district of West Bengal will be lifted on July 1, labour officials said on Monday. The decision was taken during a tripartite meeting between ...