List of Jute & Jute Based Projects. Fast-Growing Industry for Starting an Eco-Friendly Business.
Jute Shopping Bags, Jute Twine (Jute Rope) & Gunny Bag From Raw Jute, Activated Carbon Powder From Jute Sticks, Jute Garments, Jute Yarn, Jute Sutli & Hessian Cloth Weaving, Coir Pith, Jute Mill
Jute is an important cash crop, which is as an intercrop before paddy transplantation in most parts of the country. Jute Sector plays very important role in Indian Textile Industry. Jute is called Golden fiber and after cotton it is the cheapest fiber available. Jute, the golden fiber has gained immence popularity around the globe because of its biodegradable character. Indian Jute Industry is the largest producer of raw jute and jute products in the world. India is the second largest exporter of jute goods in world. This sector is one of the major source of employment and supports the livelihood of 40 lakh farm families and 4 lakh workers.
The jute sector has been playing an important role in the economy of the country in general and the eastern region in particular. About 4 million farmers, most of them small and marginal, are engaged in the cultivation of Jute and Mesta and about 2.60 lakh workers are employed in the jute industry.
Jute Textile Industry is one of the major Industries in the Eastern India, particularly in West Bengal. Jute supports around 40 Lakh farm families and provides direct employment to 2.6 Lakh Industrial Workers and 1.4 Lakh in the tertiary sector. The production process in the Jute Industry goes through a variety of activities, which include cultivation of raw jute, processing of jute fibres, spinning, weaving, bleaching, dyeing, finishing and marketing of both, the raw jute and its finished products. So, Jute Industry is labour intensive and as such its labour-output ratio is also high in spite of various difficulties being faced by the industry. Capacity utilization of the industry is around 75 per cent. Jute industry contributes to the export earnings in the range of Rs. 1,000 to Rs.1, 200 crore annually.