Rotting of jute plant is going on in full swing in all the river and water bodies in the district, causing serious pollution of water as most of the farmers of the region are not acquainted with the ribbon retting method, a technology for rotting jute plants with less water …
The jute industry has requested the Jute Commissioner's Office (JCO) to initiate stringent action against the West Bengal rice millers for packing non-levy rice in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bags instead of the mandatory jute bags. Rice mills in the districts of Bankura and Burdwan in West Bengal have been accused …
Jute bags to keep plastic at bay, help Bengal poor Green Shopper Movement Blow To Greedy Middlemen They call it a poor-topoor collaboration. Self Help Groups (SHGs) in West Bengal have joined hands with Chetanalaya, the social service arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi, to drive home an often-repeated …
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 …
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 …
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
About 1,148 registered small scale industries (SSIs) were closed in Orissa between 2003 and 2008. Four medium scale industries, assisted by the Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Orissa Limited (IPICOL), were closed during this period. In Sundergarh district about 326 registered SSI units were closed. The employment generated by …
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 Mills Association (IJMA). This has raised the fears of an increase in imports and rise in prices …
EU directive seeks to blacklist suppliers failing to comply with eco-labelling norms. A European Commission (EC) directive on packaging and packaging waste has sought to blacklist jute bag supplying countries such as India if they fail to eco-label their products and conform to supply-disposal norms laid down in EU countries. …
The jute industry has urged the ministry of textiles (MoT) to impose a ban on the imports of A.Twill and B.Twill jute bags from Bangladesh as part of its qualitative restriction. It has also requested the ministry for quantitative restrictions, whereby imports from Bangladesh will be limited giving a breather …
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 …
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 # …
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 manoeuvrings of farias (agents), is forcing the area's jute growers to sell their produce at abnormally low prices. …
Jute's glory would soon be revived. Scientists at the Bangladesh Jute Research Institute have developed a higher yielding, better quality jute that they are calling the
Bangladesh has clamped a ban on the production and use of polythene bags. This has been done to protect the environment and promote the use of jute products. The flood-prone country's drainage system was being choked by polybags and there were recent reports of a layer of polythene on the …
jute workers of West Bengal got a fresh lease of life with the development of a substitute for the environmentally suspect jute batching oil (jbo). The Jute Technological Research Laboratory (jtrl) in West Bengal has developed a process of softening the jute fibre that can substitute jbo in an inexpensive …
Jute fibres and wastes can help make different grades of special papers and board, thus cutting down on the use of precious wood, say researchers from the Calcutta-based Jute Technological Research Institute. They say that jute fibres in the form of jute caddies, root cuttings and thread wastes, which have …
Jute plants in Bangladesh are under seige. About 2,025 ha of jute plants have been attacked by pests in six thanas (local administrative units) of Jamalpur district. Pests locally known as :da poka, doga kata, senga poko and a kind of brown grass-hopper have laid waste crops on vast areas. …
CARS in the country are going green - not that they are going to run on electricity or hydrogen. The new generation automobiles in the country will be using natural jute fibre as car components. As part of the experiment, metallic or synthetic interiors and other auto components - most …
