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Kolkata, Jan 1 : An international team of researchers, including from India and Bangladesh, has developed a cost-effective method of converting non-edible agricultural biomass, such as jute, or the waste by-product from food crops, into 'Xylose and Arabinose are healthy, five-carbon, low glycemic index sugars. Used in food products, these five-carbon sugars can play an important role in the management of blood glucose and insulin levels related to sucrose intake', Wu said.
\nIn addition, furfural is one of the leading value-added chemicals produced from biomass because of the variety of uses it can be put to. Furfural and its derivatives have been widely applied as fungicides, pesticides, drugs and bioplastics, flavour enhancers.
\nWe foresee a significant economic improvement of these developing countries would happen if green bio-industries are developed for utilisingthese crop waste and turning it into a valuable product by using our discovery,' said Tofazzal Islam, one of the co-authors and collaborators of this research from the Department of Biotechnology of Bangabandhu Sheikh MujiburRahman Agricultural University in Bangladesh.[for details see https://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-307712.html]
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Sharing the common concern for environment, National Institute of Design in association with dairy cooperative Amul decided to curb the menace caused by plastic carry bags. As a part of her graduation project, Jharkhand-based Shanvi Gupta designed eco-friendly takeaway jute bags for GCMMF outlets. The first lot of 10,000 bags have already been manufactured by vendors and will be available in the city in next 15 days. Five such bags were launched on NID campus on Thursday noon in the presence of NID director Pradyumna Vyas, GCMMF managing director RS Sodhi, National Jute Board Secretary Arvind Kumar among others.
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has launched ‘JUTE-SMART' an online portal to facilitate purchase of Jute bags from the Jute Industry by the State Procurement Agencies.\nShe also launched Dashboard for Integrated Skill Development Scheme hosted on the NIC Cloud with access to public along with Bunkar Mitra – a Helpline for handholding of Handloom weavers.\nJute-Smart, an e-Governance Initiative is a Smart Tool for Procurement of B-Twill Sacking.\nJUTE-SMART seeks to provide an integrated platform for use by all the stakeholders to allow easy access to information, more transparency and ease of doing business for the jute sector.\nB-Twill Supply Management & Requisition Tool, in short, JUTE-SMART is a web based application developed to facilitate end to end transactions relating to procurement of B-Twill sacking.\nAnnually about Rs. 5500 crore worth of jute sacking is procured through support by the Government of India to support the Indian jute workers and farmers.
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The jute (mesta) crop cultivated area has been increasing in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts for the past three years.
\nIn the wake of rise in fibre price and availability of quality seeds, farmers are slowly attracting to cultivate jute crop. In 2014, jute crop cultivated area was 4,700 hectares in two districts and it was increased to 5,600 hectares in 2015, this year we are predicting that the crop extent would be increased to 6,700 hectares as farmers have started enquiring about the price of fibre and seeking quality seeds, said Jute Research Centre head scientist J Jagannadham.
\nThirty years ago jute crop was cultivated in 80,000 hectares in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts …cultivated area came down to 3,100 hectares by 2010 and now it was increased due to rise in demand for fibre products, explained assistant director of agronomy wing T Bhavani Shankar.
\nRs 5,000 is enough for cultivating jute crop in one acre and one can get 12 quintals fibre from one acre and total income will be Rs 55,200. [read full report http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2016-05-25/Jute-cultivation-on-the-rise-in-Srikakulam/230329]
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National Seminar of Jute Diversification was inaugurated by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Hon'ble Union Minister of State Textiles (Independent Charge), and Shri Babul Supriya, Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Hon'ble Members of Parliament Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy and Shri Kamaksha Prasad Tasa, Secretary (Textiles), Ms. Rashmi Varma, Joint Secretary (Jute), Shri A. Madhukumar Reddy, Jute Commissioner Dr. S. Gupta and other dignitaries at Rabindrathirtha, New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata on 19th February, 2016.National Seminar of Jute Diversification was inaugurated by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Hon'ble Union Minister of State Textiles (Independent Charge), and Shri Babul Supriya, Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Hon'ble Members of Parliament Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy and Shri Kamaksha Prasad Tasa, Secretary (Textiles), Ms. Rashmi Varma, Joint Secretary (Jute), Shri A. Madhukumar Reddy, Jute Commissioner Dr. S. Gupta and other dignitaries at Rabindrathirtha, New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata on 19th February, 2016.
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Financial Express, Kolkata December 15, 2015: The Centre has ensured a special protection to the jute industry by bringing jute products under the environment-friendly category. This has ensured that the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory use in Packaging Commodities) Act, 1987, would not be diluted.\n So long the jute, according to government norms, was only considered as a labour-intensive industry and government policies were framed accordingly\n The finance ministry in November 2014 recommended dilution and full phase out of the jute packaging Act by 2016-17. The government procurements were also gradually coming down to this effect. But the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), headed by Prime Minister NarendraModi, decided that the minimum percentage to be reserved for packaging in jute should be retained to 90% in case of food grains and 20% in case of sugar. [for more refer
\n\n \n Honble union Textile Minister still Santosh Kumar Gangwar at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Patsan Bhavan
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Oath given by Sri. Arvind Kumar, Secretary NJB to all Officers and Staff of NJB on 20th August 2015 in the Conference room.
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The SAC is the recommendatory body in respect of the Jute Packaging Material Act, 1987 (JPMA). This legislation was enacted to protect the traditional jute sector against alternative modes of packaging such as synthetic HDPE bags. Sacking accounts for around 65 per cent of jute usage and initially foodgrains, fertiliser and sugar were reserved for jute packing.\nThe SAC recommended that for the Jute Year 2015-16, jute packaging is reserved for 90 per cent of production of foodgrains and 20 per cent for sugar may be continued. However, it has been mentioned that these provisions may be relaxed in case of any shortage or disruption in supply.\nFukk report [http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/reservation-for-jute-packaging-to-stay/article7396064.ece]
\nBihar govt, National Jute Board and IJMA raise awareness on use of Jute Geotextile for roads in state
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India's dominance drives out BD from Thai jute-bag market
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VOL 22 NO 145 REGD NO DA 1589 | Dhaka, Tuesday, April 07 2015: Bangladesh has virtually been driven out from Thailand's jute-bag market as India is cashing in on undercut rates utilizing its free-trade agreement (FTA) with the ASEAN bloc country, government officials said.\n Millers claimed that a sudden fall in demand for jute bags in Thailand knocked down Bangladesh's export of the item to almost zero.\nRecently, an inter-ministerial meeting at the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) decided that Bangladesh Tariff Commission will examine whether signing an FTA will help raise export to Thailand.\nMs Tasneem mentioned that India also has appointed a number of lobbyists with the Thai commerce ministry, prime minister's office and rice grower and miller circles that are helping them secure all current orders, which could have been of Bangladesh's.\nEven in an apparently saturated market India is currently exporting jute bags not only to Thailand but also from Thailand to Cambodia whereas they make these jute bags using Bangladesh jute only,' she said.\nAccording to the ambassador Bangladesh's $40 to $50 million worth of annual export to Thailand is mainly featured by jute bags and jute goods. The total export went up to $94 million in fiscal year 2012-13 when jute-bag export soared due to Yingluck Shinawatra government's rice-pledging scheme.
\nTextile industry to miss $45-bn export target for this fiscal
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Financial Express, Thursday, Mar 26, 2015\n Excerpts\nThe overall textile and garment exports, which also include those of jute, coir and handicrafts, are expected to reach $41 billion in 2014-15, compared with $39.3 billion a year before, mainly on higher shipments of garments, said the executives.\nHowever, it will fall short of the official target of $45 billion, thanks to a massive slowdown in Chinese demand for cotton and yarn, trade and industry sources said on Tuesday. China, which usually accounts for over 70% of India's cotton and 40% of yarn supplies, has cut down on its purchases.\nAccording to the provisional data, textile and garment exports, excluding jute, coir and handicrafts, touched $25.72 billion during the April-December period, up 4.7% from a year before. Handicraft exports had hit $3.9 billion in the last fiscal, recording growth of 18% year-on-year, but industry executives said the growth would be as much as 5-7% in the outward supplies of these items in the current fiscal. The jute and coir exports, although not so significant in the overall basket, are expected to grow in the 10-15% range.
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How to deal with soil erosion?
\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \nSubmitted by Abdul Gani on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 07:40\n[http://www.assamtimes.org]\nGood news. Soil erosion would no longer be a threat. Courtesy Jute Board. The central government agency is in the process to deploy an emerging technology to deal with the alarming menace of soil erosion because of incessant rainfall.\n Known as Jute Geo-Textile technology, it is pushed by the National Jute Board which is cheaper and much more environment friendly.\nAccording to sources, 170 trial projects are underway in 22 states. The result is encouraging. JGT was used in constructing a seven-km-long road in Tripura among the 170 projects in a very few other states in the country.\nAssam is the biggest producer of jute in the country although there are very few jute mills in the state producing simple bags and other materials and yet to start JGT production.
\nJute packaging set for more cuts next year
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The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has sought the Federal Government's support in repackaging of cashew in jute bags.
\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \nDec 3 2014. Daily Independent, Lagos : The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has sought the Federal Government's support in repackaging of cashew in jute bags.\nNational Publicity Secretary of the association, Mr Anga Sotonye, made the request in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.\nHe said the jute bags would enhance the packaging and quality of the commodity.\n According to him, jute bag is the best packaging material for cashew nuts, but 'very expensive'.\nAnga said farmers had been using polypropylene bag, which is affecting the quality of the nuts because it (poly bag) does not allow air penetration.\n We need the Federal Government's support in subsidizing the procurement of the jute bags. [see full report http://dailyindependentnig.com/]
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