The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved that 100% of the food-grains and 20% of the sugar shall be mandatorily packed in diversified jute bags.
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The decision also mandates that initially 10% of the indents of jute bags for packing food grains would be placed through reverse auction on the Gem portal.
The Government has expanded the scope of mandatory packaging norms under the Jute Packaging Material (JPM) Act, 1987.
The approval will benefit farmers and workers located in the Eastern and North Eastern regions of the country particularly in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya and Tripura.
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