Jute mills warned after faltering on supplies for kharif marketing season

The jute industry struggled to meet its supply commitments for packing food grains in June and July. Of the total order of 0.54 million bales (one bale is 180 kg) for the two months in the kharif marketing season (KMS), the industry has managed to meet barely 42 per cent of the indented quantity.

The Office of the Jute Commissioner has told mills their performance was highly unsatisfactory. For the entire KMS between June and September 2019, the overall packaging requirement for food grains has been pegged at 1.84 million bales. 

Kousik Chakraborty, deputy jute commissioner, has instructed mills to step up