Hundred percent jute packaging made mandatory for foodgrain and sugar

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Govt of India has approved the packaging of 100 percent of the production of foodgrains and 100 percent of the production of sugar in the jute packaging material for the Jute Year 2011-12 (July, 2011 to June, 2012), with some exemptions. However, in case of any shortage or disruption in supply of jute packaging material or in other contingency/exigency, the Ministry of Textiles will, in consultation with the user Ministries concerned, relax these provisions further, upto a maximum of 20 percent of the production of foodgrains and sugar.