On the eve of World Environment Day, the National Jute Board continues to steadfastly promote the use of jute and jute ...

In recent years, the use of jute for packaging food items has come under scrutiny due to the potential health risks associated with jute batching oil (JBO). This issue has gained renewed attention ...

The Centre has mandated the packaging of 100% of foodgrain and 20% of sugar in jute bags for 2018-19 but has also left the window open for the dilution of the order. This includes a stipulation on ...

Take the case of rice packaging. Millers started using jute bags to package rice for marketing in the face of enforcement of the law by the government in the last quarter of 2015. However ...

Despite the industry's preparedness to fulfil the packaging requirements during the kharif and rabi crop procurement seasons, the demand for jute bags has plummeted from an estimated 38-39 lakh ...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved reservation norms for mandatory use of jute in packaging of rice, wheat and sugar for 2022-23. “The mandatory norms provide for full ...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved extension of the Jute Packaging Order ... in diversified jute bags. The decision to pack ...

Issuing an order, the ministry also clarified that procurement of jute bags for packaging of initially 10 per cent of the foodgrains through reverse auction on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM ...

The producers of poultry and fish feeds from now on will have to use jute bags for packaging their products in line with a government order, making it obligatory The Textiles and Jute Ministry ...

NEW DELHI: The department of food and public distribution will seek an exemption for sugar from mandatory 20% jute bag packaging starting next month. Sugar millers and factory owners wrote to the ...