Cabinet approves extension of Jute packaging norms for Foodgrains, Sugar

Cabinet approves extension of Jute packaging norms for Foodgrains, Sugar

by admin- Friday, November 29th, 2019 07:04:36 PM

The Cabinet has accredited extension of norms for mandatory packaging of foodgrains and sugar in jute fabric for the Jute Year 2019-20.

The selection taken with the aid of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by using Prime Minister Narendra Modi, mandates that 100 in line with cent of the foodgrains and 20 according to cent of sugar could be mandatorily packed in varied jute baggage.

“The decision to % sugar in assorted jute baggage will deliver an impetus to the diversification of the jute enterprise. Further, the decision additionally mandates that to begin with 10 consistent with cent of the indents of jute bags for packing foodgrains might be placed through reverse auction at the GeM portal. This will regularly bring in a regime of price discovery.

“The approval will gain farmers and people located inside the Eastern and North Eastern areas of the u . S . Particularly in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya and Tripura,” an reputable declaration stated.

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