With over a dozen jute mills closed in West Bengal and thousands of workers out of job, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and the Indian Jute Mill Association ( IJMA), an association of manufacturers, have approached the Centre seeking intervention so that prices of raw jute are revised and the mills resume operation.
Mr. Ray on April 18 had written to Union Minister of Textiles Piyush Goyal and Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar.
Mr. Ray pointed out that as per the Commission for Agricultural Cost and Prices (CACP), 2022–2023, the overall jute scenario is very discouraging with production becoming stagnant for five years and a decline in acreage and supply by 3% and 11 % respectively.
