date:Nov 26, 2018
eeders, distribution of quality certified seeds and also providing microbial assisted retting.
These interventions have resulted in enhancing the quality and productivity of raw jute and increasing the incomes of jute farmers by Rs 10,000 per hectare.
In this connection, to support jute farmers, Jute Corporation of India (JCI) has been given a grant of Rs 100 crore for two years starting from 2018-19 to enable JCI to conduct minimum support price (MSP) operations and ensure price stabilisation