The Financial Express

Raw jute crisis: Govt may have to spend Rs 2,000 crore more to procure bags

Raw jute prices going haywire in the ongoing 2020-21 season may put an additional burden of Rs 2000 crore on the government exchequer for procuring environment-friendly jute bags for food grain ...
Business Line

Centre likely to come up with revised pricing for jute bags in 2-4 months

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/centre-likely-to-come-up-with-revised-pricing-for-jute-bags-in-2-4-months/article68626390.ece Copy The Centre is expected ...
Business Line

Mills expect new pricing methodology for jute bags to translate into 4-5% higher pricing

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/mills-expect-new-pricing-methodology-for-jute-bags-to-translate-into-4-5-higher-pricing/article68581857.ece ...
The Hindu

Textiles Ministry alleges large-scale import of cheap jute bags

The Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987, mandates that jute bags supplied to government agencies for packaging foodgrains and sugar under the Public Distribution ...
Mint

The inside story of crackdown, reforms in the jute bag industry

Under a procurement programme, only new jute bags of 665gm each could until now be bought to pack 50kg of foodgrains. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint Kolkata: On a Monday morning, while others are just ...