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Bag SN, Kumar UC, Pal AK. Status and Scope of the Jute Industry in India in Comparison to other World Producers. 19
FIBRES & TEXTILES in Eastern Europe 2016; 24, 6(120): 19-25. DOI: 10.5604/12303666.1221732
n A brief literature review India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Ne- source of revenue generation of the Jam-
pal, and Thailand, conclude that world mu & Kashmir states. This industry is
Ghimire et al. [2], based on their survey, jute production and the area of produc- unique in terms of design, cost and qual-
highlighted that unstable or low price tion are decreasing with a fluctuating ity of products and thus provides a com-
of raw jute, the unavailability of quality trend. The solutions recommended are to petitive advantage over other National
jute seeds, limited irrigation water at the use the scientific method of cultivation, and international players of the handi-
sowing period, complex diseases (wilt), make market information available, de- crafts market. In spite of the various ad-
the labour shortage during the peak sea- velop diversified products, implement vantages, the industry needs to explore
son, the weed problem, and the lack of the law for using jute rather synthetic and identify various opportunities and
retting water/retting ponds were the material, create jute policy, etc. for the challenges ahead. This paper focuses on
main constraints in jute production and development of jute production. the contemporary challenges as well as
processing. The study indicates that the the scope of the handicrafts sector in the
maximum production cost is in fibre ex- Khondaker et al. [5] conducted research- states of Jammu and Kashmir, thereby
traction (16.9%) and weeding (16.33%). es as part of the Centre for Policy Dia- providing suitable suggestions in order to
Jute productivity ranged from 1788 logue’s (CPD) Independent Review of make the market more oriented and sus-
to 2260 kg per hectare. The JRO-524 Bangladesh’s Development (IRBD) pro- tainable in the future.
variety of jute has been widely grown gramme. The focus was on economic,
across the region due to its wider adapt- technological and worker related issues Ray [6], based on a 53 year database on
ability, high yield potential and quality of jute mills, on theopportunities and jute/summer paddy acreage and the pric-
fibre. However, the cost of production of challenges faced by the jute manufactur- es of the Nadia and Burdwan districts,
jute has been comparatively higher than ing industry, and on possible policy op- West Bengal, assessed farmers’ real life
other crops in the season. As such, jute tions with a view to developing a viable behaviour with the Nerlovian Price Ex-
areas have been replaced by sugarcane and efficient jute manufacturing sector in pectation Model. The conclusion sug-
due to its high yield potential and high the country. gests no internalization of the external
profit margin. For the promotion of jute
cost of producing/consuming pollution-
cultivation, it would be better to provide Singh [7], Score Information Technolo- intensive synthetic goods, and perhaps
subsidies for seeds and fertilizer to jute gies Ltd, a member of the Rs 500-crore generate potential market bargains for
growers, as practiced in neighboring Kankaria group of companies, has suc- the revival of the jute industry in India
countries. cessfully deployed contact-free smart and that of the jute market at the inter-
cards and RFID (radio frequency-based national level, in turn likely displacing
Karthik et al. [4] pointed out that the jute identification) for data acquisition, qual- synthetic goods with sustenance and em-
industrial sector has been an important ity assurance and production flow auto- ployment generation.
segment of the Indian economy. With jute mation at Ambica Jute Mills in Howrah,
being the most versatile natural fibre, this on the outskirts of Kolkata. The applica-
sector produces ranging from low value tion has, in one stroke, eliminated errors n Research methodology
geo-textiles to high end garments, deco- associated with manual data collection
rative, upholstery, etc. Many jute plants the scope of the study extends to the jute
on the shop-floor. The data is collected,
and mills are now engaged in producing sector of India with the motive of ex-
recorded and fed into the backend com-
jute blended yarns. The jute industry sce- ploring the prospects of this industry
puter for generation of ERP data. Besides
nario in India has changed from making in contributing towards the economic
100 per cent accuracy in data collection,
traditional hessian to high end fashion development of the state and nation. The
the application offers quality assurance
garments. Thus this sector has lots of op- database for the present study has been
and facilitates both online inspections
portunities and strength. prepared from official websites of the
and preventive & corrective action.
Indian Jute Manufacturing Association,
Islam et al. [3], based on their studies Ahmad et al. [1], in their research find- the International Jute Study Group, the
of major Jute producing countries, e.g., ings, highlights handicrafts as a pivotal Jute Corporation of India, and various
research engines.
Table 2. Supply and distribution of raw jute in India (figure in lakh bales of 180 kg).
43,720 tons (2012 - 13). However, during TOTAL VALUE 2175.89 2077.04 2235.41↑
n Conclusions
Turkey (22.05%) The research investigation above thus
Far East (23.49%) concludes:
India (14.59%) n India is the leading producer of raw
Iran (6.52%) jute and jute products, and West Ben-
Rest of Africa (4.87%) gal is the largest producer of raw jute,
Syria (4.21%) covering 69.7% of the area of the total
USA (3.36%) jute cultivation land in India. Thus the
Others (20.9%) jute industry has become an important
contributor to the economy of West
Bengal as well as India.
n In India, the import of jute products
Figure 9. Importers of jute products (2012). Source: IJMA. increases commensurately with the
increase in domestic consumption.
2013 - 14, except matting and scrim cloth, was an increase of 29.4% for canvas and n World Jute exports is showing an in-
the consumption of almost all products tarpaulin, a 54.4% for decorative fabrics, creasing trend and India as an exporter
increased and the total consumption rose 21.5% for felt, 40.9% for soil saver and of Jute products occupies 2nd position
to 58875 tons, i.e., a 34.6% increase over 184% for special hessian in 2013 - 14 after Bangladesh. Hessian cloth &
the 2012 - 13 total consumption. There over 2012 - 13. The increase in consump- bags are the leading export items.