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    Cabinet to approve mandatory use of jute gunny bags to pack food grains

    The move is aimed at boosting the jute industry, which is a major job creator in the country’s north-eastern states, as well as West Bengal

    January 03, 2018 / 13:51 IST
    A worker takes a nap on sacks filled with wheat at a wholesale grain market at Dadri town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh May 26, 2012. Six companies, including global traders, bid for wheat from India's stocks to sell overseas at prices between $150-$230 per tonne, trade sources said, prices that might tempt the world's second-biggest producer as it tries to cut its huge stockpiles. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma (INDIA - Tags: FOOD BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR32NL6

    The Cabinet is likely to approve today a proposal for mandatory use of jute gunny bags or sacks to pack food grains such as wheat, rice and other foods products, sources said.

    The move is aimed at boosting the jute industry, which is a major job creator in the country’s north-eastern states, as well as West Bengal.

    In addition, the compulsory use of jute to pack food items is also the government’s larger plans to the boost employment scenario in the agro-based industry.

    The industry supports over 40 lakh farmers and 3.7 lakh jute labourers.

    first published: Jan 3, 2018 01:51 pm

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