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Jute industries
Introduction:
The India jute industry is an integral part of the Indian TextileIndustry. India jute industry is an old industry in India. The jute industry inIndia engages around 2.6 lakh workers directly and around 1.4 lakh workersindirectly in the allied sectors
India jute industry contributes to the national exchequer from exportsand through taxes and levies. The central government owns 6 jute mills, thestate government owns 4, 2 are under cooperatives, and 64 jute mills areunder private ownerships. India has around 78 jute mills and the eastern stateof West Bengal alone has around 61 jute mills. 7 jute mills are located in
Andhra Pradesh, 3 each in Utter Pradesh and Bihar and 1 each in Orissa,Assam, Tripura, and Madhya Pradesh. In the financial year 2006-07 (April-September) exports of total jute goods was at 104.3 thousand M.T valued atRs. 583.55 crore.
History:
Jute has been an integral part of Bengali culture, which is shared by both Bangladesh and West Bengal of India. In the 19th and early 20thcenturies, much of the raw jute fibre of Bengal were exported to the United
Kingdom, where it was then processed in mills concentrated in Dundee("jute weaver" was a recognised trade occupation in the 1901 UK census),
but this trade had largely ceased by about 1970 due to the entrance ofsynthetic fibres.
When George Auckland an Englishman, set up the first jute spinning mill onbanks of river Hooghly, West Bengal in 1855, little did he realise that he hadplaned the first seeds of a giant Indian industry. Since then, Indian jute hascome a long way. True the going has been tough., but today the industry can
boast of a wide range of jute products available and are in huge demand in
both the markets in India and abroad. The invention of new end-usesalongwith the preference for eco-friendly and bio-degradable products theworld over has been an important factor for the increasing demand for Jute
products.
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Cultivation:
The monsoon climate during the monsoon season.Temperatures ranging 20 C to 40 C and relative humidity of 70%80% are favourable for successful cultivation.
White jute (Corchorus capsularis)
Several historical documents (including,Ain-e-Akbari by Abul Fazalin 1590) state that the poor villagers ofIndia used to wear clothes made of
jute. Simple handlooms and hand spinning wheels were used by theweavers, who used to spin cotton yarns as well. History also states thatIndians, especially Bengalis, used ropes and twines made of white jute fromancient times for household and other uses.
Tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius)
Is an Afro-Arabian variety. It is quite popular for its leaves that areused as an ingredient in a mucilaginouspotherb called molokhiya a)word of uncertain etymology), popular in certain Arab countries. The Book
of Job in the Hebrew Bible mentions this vegetable potherb asJew's mallow.
Tossa jute fibre is softer, silkier, and stronger than white jute. This varietyastonishingly showed good sustainability in the climate of the Ganges Delta.Along with white jute, tossa jute has also been cultivated in the soil ofBengal where it is known aspaatfrom the start of the 19th century.Currently, the Bengal region (West Bengal, India, and Bangladesh) is thelargest global producer of the tossa jute variety.
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Organized Sector:
No of Jute Mills : 78
Annual Production : 1.6 Million MT
Workers Employed : 266 Thousand (direct & indirect)
Families dependant : 4 million household (direct &indirect)
Main ProductsManufactured
: Sacking, Hessian, Carpet BackingCloth, Yarn, Food Grade Products,Geo-textiles
Informal Sector: No. of registered units 700 units ( approx. )
Total Employment 63000 ( approx. )
Main Products Manufactured Jute BagsJute Blended FabricsJute Blended CarpetsGiftwareHandicraftsDecorative Articles
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Strengths of Indian Jute Industry
Huge production capacity
Environment friendly packaging material
Efficient raw material manufacturing capacity
Large pool of skilled and cheap labor
Entrepreneurial skills
Huge export potential
Large domestic market
Very low import content
Flexible textile manufacturing systems
Potential of Jute industry The jute industry has been expanding really fast spanning from awide range of life style consumer products, with all courtesy to the
versatility of Jute. Innovative ways of bleaching, dyeing and finishingprocesses - the jute industry now provides finished jute products that aresofter, have a luster and also an aesthetic appeal.
Changing scenario of Jute industryAt present, jute has been defined as an eco-friendly natural fiber
with utmost versatility ranging from low value geo-textiles to high value
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carpet, apparel, composites, decoratives, upholstery furnishings etc.
In future, a number of jute mills and mini-jute plants have been seen tobe engaged in jute products and jute blended yarns. We all know that theuses of jute are manifold, with the traditional usage pattern remainingconstricted to packing, hessian and carpet backing.
Jute Production in IndiaImport of Raw Jute in 2008-09 has dropped by 66% in
quantity and by 55% in value terms, whereas import of jute products sawa surge by 23% in quantity and by 47% in value terms when comparedwith the figures of 2007-08. The EXIM Policy states that import of raw
jute and jute products in India should be considered as free items withoutduty.
State-wise Jute production in the last 3 yearsPeriod: July-June / Area: '000 Hectares / Qty: '000 Bales
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (Estimated)
State Area Production Area Production Area Production
West Bengal 595 8411 610 8216 584 7900
Bihar 127 1253 131 1251 147 1402
Jharkhand - - - - - -
Assam 58 559 60 657 61 674
Orissa 5 48 6 50 11 104Uttar Pradesh - - - - (0.1) 1
Tripura 1 4 (0.5) 4 1 8
Meghalaya 4 35 4 35 6 50
Nagaland 2 6 3 6 2 21
Others - - - - - -
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Total 792 10316 814 10219 812 10160
Import of jute and jute products in last 3 yearsQty: M.Ton and Value: Rs. /Lakhs
Period 2008 -2009
2007 - 20082006 - 2007
Qty. Value Qty. Value Qty. ValueRaw Jute 59,042 8,900.31 1,71,800 19,672.3994,36315,031.15
JuteProducts
70,935 20,299.48 57,688 13,809.4160,93217,162.87
Top ten jute producers 2008
CountryProduction
(Tonnes)Footnote
India 1 846 000 FBangladesh 848 715 F
Pakistan 448 739 F
People's Republic of China 48 000FMyanmar 30 000 F
Uzbekistan 20 000 F
Nepal 16 988 FVietnam 8 800 F
Thailand 5 000 FSudan 3 300FEgypt 2 200 F
World ' 3 225 551 '
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Features
1. Jute fibre is 100% bio-degradable and recyclable and thus environmentally friendly.
2. It is a natural fibre with golden and silky shine and hence called The Golden Fibre.
3. It is the cheapest vegetable fibre procured from the bast or skin of the plant's stem.
4. It is the second most important vegetable fibre after cotton, in terms of usage, globalconsumption, production, and availability.
5. It has high tensile strength, low extensibility, and ensures better breathability of
fabrics. Therefore, jute is very suitable in agricultural commodity bulk packaging.
6. It helps to make best quality industrial yarn, fabric, net, and sacks. It is one of the mostversatile natural fibres that has been used in raw materials for packaging, textiles, non-textile, construction, and agricultural sectors. Bulking of yarn results in a reducedbreaking tenacity and an increased breaking extensibility when blended as a ternaryblend.
7. Unlike the hemp fiber, jute is not a form of cannabis.
8. The best source of jute in the world is the Bengal Delta Plain in the Ganges Delta,
most of which is occupied by Bangladesh.
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World production of jute 1995-2009PRODUCTION OF JUTE GOODS
QTY : IN 000' M.T.
(APRIL / MARCH)
HESSIAN
SACKING
CBCOTHERSTOTAL
1995 - 96
413.9
676.3
30.55312.31433.0
1996 - 97
368.7
666.6
25.2
340.41400.9
1997 - 98
392.4
864.619.8401.6
1678.4
1998 - 99
344.1
903.318.5330.3
1596.2
1999 - 00
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ideally suitable for the cultivation of jute are:
West Bengal
Bihar
Assam
Orissa
Uttar Pradesh
Mesta, or Kenif, botanically known as Hibiscus Cannabinus, is alsogrown in these areas as a textile fiber. Mesta is a coarser, more brittlefiber, and is used by the jute mills in admixture with jute to obtaincertain desired properties.
Jute mills to move court over textiles ministry reportKolkata/ Bhubaneswar October 08, 2010: With the Union
textiles ministry scrapping the Tariff Commission (TC)'sreport of 2009 on fair price of jute bags, prominent jute mill ownershave decided to take the legal recourse to redress their grievancesand ensure the implementation of the TC report.
Some of the top jute mill owners are going to file a PublicInterest Litigation (PIL) soon in the Calcutta High Court against thetextiles ministry's decision to scrap the Tariff Commission's report of2009. The jute industry cannot afford to sell B Twill jute bags at pricesthat prevailed during 2001, said a top official of Indian Jute MillsAssociation (Ijma), the apex body of the jute industry. Source:
Business Standard
Awareness camps to promote mestaAndhra Pradesh, September 13, 2010: The Andhra Pradesh
Jute Development Centre (APJDC) will organise awareness campsacross the state to promote Mesta crop, used as a raw material for
jute.Farmers in the state cultivate mesta on only 38,000-40,000 acre.
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On an acre, mesta production is in between 10 and 12 quintals. Thestate has 30 jute units, which require 2-2.5 million quintals of mesta.However, as the current production is about 400,000 quintals, millshave to depend on West Bengal and Bangladesh for the remainingraw material, said B V Rama Rao, vice chairman and managingdirector, APJDC. The awareness camps will be held during October.APJDC aims to increase the mesta cultivated area to 1.5-2 millionacres in the state in coming years, he said
Rama Rao said the jute parks proposed by APJDC inVisakhapatnam, Guntur and Rangaeeddy districts would attract anumber of jute mills, which would require huge quantities of mesta.Source: Business Standard
Centre turns down proposal for setting up first jute park Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar, September 06, 2010: In a blow to thejute industry, the Centre has turned down the proposal to set up thecountry's first jute park at Shaktigarh (West Bengal). The proposed
jute park project has been hanging fire for over two years with theerstwhile Jute Manufacturers' Development Council, now called theNational Jute Board (NJB), raising technical blockades and thedepartments of panchayati raj and land reforms of the West Bengalgovernment locking horns over the authorized delegation of the titleof the land allotted for the project.
Weaknesses of Indian Jute Industry
Imports of cheap and alternative textiles from other Asian neighbors
Use of outdated manufacturing technology
Poor supply chain management
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Huge unorganized and decentralized sector
High production cost
Jute Mills Association chairman Sanjay Kajaria resigns
Kolkata, February 26, 2010: The tripartite agreement in the juteindustry which paved the way for ending the strike after 61 days hastriggered resentment within the industry with Sanjay Kajaria,chairman of the industrys apex body, the Indian Jute MillsAssociation, submitting his resignation.I was accused ofsurrendering to the government and the unions, Mr. Kajaria told TheHindu, saying he is not prepared to accept this charge. It was mymoral responsibility to resign, he said. The strike was called offfollowing an agreement which would result in a Rs.1,164 increase intheir monthly wages including a dearness component of Rs.321.
Raw jute output may fall 15-20% on poor monsoonBhubaneswar Sep 03, 2010: Raw jute production is likely to fall
15-20 per cent short of the targeted 1.07 million bales in 2010-11because of deficient monsoon.According to industry estimates, theremay be a shortfall of 1-1.5 million bales this financial year.
Starved of the fibre crop, jute mills have stocks for only sevendays. Due to shortage of water, the harvest is almost 50 per cent lessin the major growing districts of Murshidabad and Nadia in WestBengal Together, these two account for over 60 per cent of WestBengals jute production. The West Bengal government has declared11 districts as drought-hit, out of which seven have jute fields.
The Indian Jute Mills Association (Ijma) has pressed the panicbutton and put the members on red alert. The shortfall in raw juteoutput has sparked fears of closure of jute mills, leading to job lossesand labour unrest. Meanwhile, there is rampant hoarding of raw jute
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and prices have shot up by Rs 700 a quintal, which is almost 35 perhigher than the normal, say sources. At present, the price of the TD-4variety of West Bengal raw jute is Rs 3,100 a quintal. The juteindustry has blamed the Centre, the West Bengal government and
jute research bodies for not making arrangements for water retting asa buffer against bad monsoon. The West Bengal agriculturedepartment and the state textile and agriculture departments have notresponded to the repeated requests by Ijma.
About four million jute farmers are engaged in sowing this inter-crop between two rice seasons on almost 80,000 hectares of land.Over the past few years, the jute acreage has come down by almost0.3 million hectares as farmers have moved to other remunerativecrops like oilseeds and vegetables. Even the rise in the minimumsupport price of jute has failed to attract the farmers. Source:
Business-Standard
Textile ministry seeks relaxation in jute packaging ActMumbai Aug 04, 2010: The textile ministry has recommended
relaxation in the Jute Packaging Material Act 1987. Sources close tothe development said the proposal was under the consideration of theCabinet and a decision would be taken soon.
This assumes significance as the chemicals and fertiliserministry has demanded a repeal of the Act to increase the use ofplastic bags.Ministry sources said the Act could not be repealed as itwould hurt a particular commodity. However, it would be relaxed sothat other materials could be used along with jute, they added. Thechemicals and fertilisers ministry is of the view that in a market
economy, manufacturers should have the liberty to use the materialthat they find convenient. At present, it is mandatory to use jute bagsfor sugar and foodgrain. However, according to the proposedrelaxation, other materials might be allowed to be used for packagingsome foodgrains up to certain quantity.The relaxation will be donebecause this year, while jute production is good, foodgrain productionis expected to be high as well. So, there should not be a problem for
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the jute industry, said the official. It will also be a great incentive forthe plastic industry. In fact, the chemicals and fertilisers ministry hadrecommended a repeal of the Act based on a technical studyconducted by the Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment(ICPE). Source: Business Standard
Industrial Tripartite Committee on Jute Industry New Delhi , July 20, 2010 (PIB): A meeting of the IndustrialTripartite Committee on Jute Industry was held on 20th July, 2010 atNew Delhi under the chairmanship of Shri Harish Rawat, UnionMinister of State for Labour and Employment. The representativesfrom workers? organizations (BMS, INTUC, VITU, AIUTUC),Employers? Federations (AJMA, AIMO, and Laghu Udyog Bharti) ofthe Jute Industry sector as well as representatives of State
Governments of West Bengal and Bihar participated in this Meeting.
The Committee discussed the issues related with lowerproductivity in the Jute Industry, non-payment of gratuity to workers inthe Jute Industry, non-payment of provident fund dues to the workers
and non-payment of ESI deductions from the workers to the ESIC. Apresentation on the status of the Jute Industry and initiatives taken bythe EPFO and ESIC to help the workers in the Jute Industry wasmade in the meeting. While there was a broad consensus betweenworkers, unions and employers associations on the need to provideassistance in the form of soft loan to the employers so that oldgratuity dues are cleared, the workersunions unanimously voiced the plight of workers who were yet toreceive their gratuity. They also highlighted the poor safety conditionsin the mills, varied wage structure in the industry, the need to protect
this industry in view of environment friendliness, etc. The Employersassociations raised the issues related with squeezing of profits in theindustry and allowing them to utilize their non-productive assets in abetter way in order to create funds for clearing the social securitydues.
Summing up the deliberations, Shri Rawat underlined the need
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for enhancing productivity of the industry through greater emphasison research and development. He directed that apex trade unionsshould also be informed while carrying out joint inspections by EPFOand ESIC. He pointed out that non-payment of gratuity dues results inthe old workers continuing work in the Industry in the hope of gettingtheir dues cleared in future which prevents the generation of newemployment in the Industry. He requested the Ministry of Textiles totake a view on the proposal of providing a soft loan to clear thestatutory social security dues. He assured the participants that DG,FASLI will be advised to study the safety measures prevalent in theJute Industry in order to assess the safety conditions. He alsostressed the need for having a study conducted to analyze the wagestructure for various categories of workers in the industry.
The Minister thanked all the participants for their suggestions
and stressed the need for a constructive cooperation from all stakeholders workers, employers as well as State Governments so thatlegitimate concerns of the workers as well as the industry are takencare of.
National Jute Policy-2005,
The National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of theGovernment, recognizing the importance of jute to farmers andworkers, and to the economy of jute growing states, and its specialecological importance world- wide, resolved that ;the jute industry willreceive a fresh impetus in all respects.One of the six basic principles for governance for the NCMP is toenhance the welfare and well-being of farmers, farm labour andworkers, particularly those in the unorganized sector and assure a
secure future for their families in every respect. Governmentrecognizes the significance of jute in India's economy, providingsustenance to more than 40 lakh people including jute farmers,workmen, labourers and self employed artisans and weavers,especially in the Eastern and North-eastern parts of the country,where it is the main stay of agro based industries. World over, it hasbeen recognized that jute and allied fibres occupy a unique position
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as eco-friendly, bio-degradable renewable natural fibres withsubstantial value addition at each stage of processing.Government also recognizes the fact that this important sector of theeconomy has not been given its due importance in the recent past. Inview of this commitment, and Taking note of the new challenges andopportunities presented by the changing global environment ofintegration in the development of natural fibres; Acknowledging thegrowing demand for diversified and innovative jute products in theworld market; Appreciating the strengths and weaknesses of our own
jute sector as well as those of our major competitors in the field; andDeciding to redefine the goals and objectives, focus on thrust areasand sharpen strategy in tune with the times, the National Jute Policy 2005 is enunciated as follows:
The objectives of the policy:
a). Enable millions of jute farmers to produce better qualityjute fibre for value added diversified jute products and enable themto enhance per hectare yield of raw jute substantially;
b). Facilitate the Jute Sector to attain and sustain a pre-eminent global standing in the manufacture and export of jute
products;
c). Enable the jute industry to build world class state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities in conformity with environmentalstandards, and, for this purpose, to encourage Foreign DirectInvestment, as well as research and development in the sector;
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c). Sustain and strengthen the traditional knowledge,skills, and capabilities of our weavers and craftspeople engaged inthe manufacture of traditional as well as innovative jute products;
d). Expand productive employment by enabling the growthof the industry; Make Information Technology (IT), an integral partof the entire value chain of jute and the production of jute goods,and thereby facilitate the industry to achieve internationalstandards in terms of quality, design, and marketing;
SECTORAL INITIATIVESAgriculture
Initiatives in the agriculture sector will embrace a basic,strategic and adaptive research on jute within a time frame to ensurequalitative and quantitative improvement of the crop. The existinggene pool of jute and mesta will be strengthened, and new breedingtechniques will be explored.
Technology transfer will be encouraged through industry-agriculture linkages and the present extension system will be
reorganised and restructured to make it more target oriented.The organized Seed Production System will have effective linkageswith all concerned Departments to ensure production and availabilityof quality seeds.
Under the Jute Technology Mission, new market yards will beset up wherever necessary and post harvest practices and machinerywill be modernised through interface with manufacturing firms.
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the jute sector; and(iv) augmenting the research and development efforts tocommercialise jute technical textiles including geo-textiles. Theexisting schemes like the Textile Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS)and the JMDC Incentive Scheme for Modernisation of the JuteIndustry will be strengthened.
Public Sector EnterprisesEfforts will be made to restructure and revitalize the existing
Public Sector Undertakings in the Jute Sector, namely the JuteCorporation of India and the National Jute Manufactures Corporation.Procurement of raw jute by the Jute Corporation of India will continueand the Government will continue to compensate the Jute
Corporation of India for procurement of jute under the MinimumSupport Price (MSP scheme).The Government has already initiatedsteps to revive the Khardah and Kinnison units of the National JuteManufactures Corporation Ltd.
MarketingThe objectives of the effort for marketing will be(i) to improve the ratio of domestic consumption to exports fromthe existing 82%:18% to 65%:35% in the next ten years,(ii) to encourage the establishment of professional marketingwings in the organized jute sector, and
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(iii) to identify tariff and non-tariff barriers against the export ofjute and jute products from India, and develop appropriate strategiesto remove such barriers.Domestic Marketing:Considering the immense potential of jute products in the domesticmarket, focused attention will be given to untapped sectors. Thethrust will be on adopting suitable market promotion programmes forincreasing consumer awareness, and highlighting the environmentaladvantages of jute by working closely with environment groups.
International MarketingWith the objective of increasing exports to Rs.5000 crore by 2010from the present level of Rs.1000 crores:1. A multi-disciplinary institutional mechanism will be establishedto formulate policy measures and specific action plans, includingthose relating to the WTO and for closely monitoring financingproposals;2. Strategic alliances will be forged with an aim to gain access totechnology;3. A brand equity fund, exclusively for jute and jute products willbe set up.This will be consistent with WTO norms;4. The proposed Jute Board will incorporate an Export PromotionCouncil which will play the role of facilitator and professionalconsultant for dealing with disputes under various agreements of theWTO, establishing warehousing facilities in major jute and jute
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product importing countries, and identifying the existing patent issueswith a view to patenting Indian R&D efforts.
Research and DevelopmentFor the successful development of next-generation Jute
Machinery to reduce the cost of production and / or qualityimprovement, the following measures have to be put in place in atime span of five years:a) To complete comprehensive Benchmarking (throughTechnology Audit) to assess the present technological status of the
jute industry.b) To formulate a 5 year Plan for machinery development, for boththe organized and decentralized sectors (and also for the cottageindustry).
c) To establish a separate R & D set-up in the area of a Public;PrivatePartnership in consultation with the appropriate Ministries of theGovernment of India. IJIRA, the only Textile Research Associationrelated to jute under the Ministry of Textiles, will be revamped to givea market and industry driven focus to its Research and Developmentefforts.
Diversified and Composite Jute Products and Jute Handicraftsa) There is an expansion of the market for jute compositeproducts and geo-textiles in both the domestic and Internationalsectors. Continued and focused attention will be given to handicrafts,which will include the upgradation of skills, the creation of a betterwork environment, design and technology intervention, and the
development of clusters for specific crafts with common servicefacilities, and the overall improvement of infrastructure, and marketdevelopment.b) A full-fledged Design and Development Centre, and dedicatedretail outlets in public-private initiative mode for diversified juteproducts in all the towns and cities with a population of more than 5lakhs will be established.
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Institutional Restructuring and establishment of a JuteBoard
To rectify the systemic ills of lack of coordination among theseveral jute related organizations under different Ministries andDepartments of the Government, and to synchronise and synergisethe integrated development of the jute sector as a whole, theproposal to set up a National Jute Board will be implemented. This isnecessary to synthesize the various layers of Governmental decision-making in a federal set up. This body will subsume, merge, andintegrate the functions of various institutions currently operating in the
jute sector.
The mandate of the proposed Jute Board will be as follows:i) To restructure the present regulatory framework so as toprovide adequate incentive to all stakeholders in the jute sector toproduce goods and services in an efficient manner so as to maximizesocio-economic benefits.ii) To subsume and revamp the Office of the Jute Commissionerand transform it from an office of regulation to a facilitator ofdevelopment in the jute sector.iii) To establish a Jute R&D fund and Venture capital assistancefund for the development of efficient jute manufacturing machinery,and the commercialization of new products;iv) To strengthen and facilitate the growth of HRD institutions likethe Institute of Jute Technology (IJT) on innovative lines.
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v) To review and revitalise the working of the R& D institutions likethe Indian Jute Industries Research Association (IJIRA) to focusresearch on industry needs.vi) To subsume, merge and professionalise field organisations likeJute Manufacture Development Council (JMDC) and the NationalCentre for Jute Diversification (NCJD) under the Ministry of Textilesto enable them to play their assigned role of facilitators of change andgrowth effectively.vii) To explore the possibility of establishing a National Institute ofNatural Fibres with the objective of harmonizing developmental andpromotional activities pertaining to all natural fibres and to have abetter sharing of experience and knowledge in related fibres
viii) To establish a National Jute and Jute Textile Museum in India
to preserve and highlight the heritage of jute.Subsidiary institutionsfunctioning under the aegis of the Ministry of Agriculture underDepartment of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE/ICAR)like the National Institute for Research on Jute and Allied FibreTechnology (NIRJAFT), and the Central Research Institute for Juteand Allied Fibres (CRIJAF) will be integrated with the Jute Board in ameaningful relationship, as also the functions and issues presentlybeing administrated by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Jute Technology MissionA Jute Technology Mission, which has been approved in
principle by the Planning Commission, will be operationalised with the
appropriate sub-structure of mini-missions. The objective is toconsolidate the gains from past efforts in the jute sector, and help it toemerge as an intrinsically competitive and integrated entity. The JuteTechnology Mission will encompass the sub-systems pertaining toagricultural research and seed development, agronomicpractices, harvest and post harvest techniques, the primary andsecondary processing of raw jute, diversified product development,
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market development, and marketing and distribution.
Mechanisms for Implementation of the PolicyThe organisations working under the Ministry of Textiles will
be reoriented, right sized, and restructured, to act as facilitatorsinstead of regulatory bodies, with the mandate and role of each beingreviewed and redefined over the next two years. Simultaneously,regulations and controls will be reviewed and progressively reduced.Some of the specific changes will be the establishment of the JuteBoard, structured to serve the developmental needs of the industryand restructuring of the operational arms in charge of exports anddiversification to enable them to devise dynamic strategies for theexport markets.In conclusion, the Government is committed to providing a conducive
environment to enable the Indian jute and jute textile sector to realizeits full potential, to achieve global excellence, and to fulfill itsobligations to the different sections of society. In the fulfillment ofthese objectives, the Government will enlist the co-operation andinvolvement of all stakeholders and ensure an effective and
responsive delivery system.
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