Lieutenant-Governor praises initiative of two NGOs Staff Reporter Delhi's Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna launched a green shopper campaign here on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Khanna said it was a good initiative by two non-government organisations, "Green Forum" and "Chetanalaya", which would distribute jute and cotton shopping bags in Delhi and the National Capital Regions to counter the poly and plastic bag menace.
In view of rising prices of raw jute, the Indian Jute Mills Association has urged the textiles ministry to exempt raw jute from speculative futures trading. In a letter to the rriinistry, Indian Jute Mills Association (IJ-MA) Chairman Sanjay Kajaria said that futures trading in raw jute till 2004-05 had not created any impediment since the volume of trade was negligible.
In a development that augurs well for the State's agriculture sector, scientists of the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Shillongani, Nagaon, under the Assam Agricultural University (AAU), have developed two high-yielding Boro rice varieties that are disease-resistant and cold-tolerant. Both the varieties
Production and stock of jute products across the country have fallen in January 2008 by 5,000 tonnes compared with those in December 2007, according to the latest figures furnished by the Indian Jute
The magnitude of the national jute policy introduced three years ago is beyond debate as it has recommended steps to strengthen the farm sector, modernise mills and give a new direction to domestic and global marketing. But unfortunately, as have been the case with earlier government-sponsored packages for the jute industry, the new policy has so far remained only a declaration of good intent.
Say imported materials invading protected domains even as they fail to enter new markets. The domestic jute industry has been unable to shake off its lean patch with slide in all aspects of trade. The industry has struggled in production and despatch, and in exports as well. FLAGGING FORTUNES # Production in the last five years has fallen 23 per cent to 1.3 million tonnes in April -December 2006 from 1.7 million tonnes in 2001 # Jute products have a market of Rs 6,000 crore in the country
Jute is no longer a lucrative proposition as a cash crop for farmers in the Jhenidah district of Bangladesh. The absence of a well-managed marketing system in the district, coupled with the
