Mandatory use of jute in packaging for the Jute Year 2014-15 (1st July, 2014 to 30th June, 2013)

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, in an important decision has approved to have mandatory packaging of foodgrains and sugar in Jute material to the minimum extent of 90 percent and 20 percent respectively for the Jute Year 2014-15 with certain exemptions. This preserves the position as in the past and helps the jute sector. There had been many concerns that the reservation for jute packaging would be reduced.