MEASURES BY TEXTILES MINISTRY FOR PACKAGING OF FOOD GRAINS
April 8, 2020
During the lockdown period arising out of COVID-19 pandemic, the Textiles Ministry has taken measures to protect the produce of wheat farmers by providing them alternate packaging bags.
About:
It has extended limit for High-Density PolyEthylene/Polypropylene bags from 1.80 lakh bales to 2.62 lakh to tide over crisis of packaging of foodgrains due to closure of jute mills due to lockdown.
This move has been taken mainly to protect the interest of wheat farmers as grains are likely to be ready for packing mid of this month onwards.
However, whenever the production of jute bags in the jute mills resumes after the lock down period is over, priority will be given to the jute bags for packaging of food grains.
Government is committed to protect the interest of the jute farmers and workers through provisions of the Jute Packaging Materials Act (JPM), 1987 and it provides about 100 percent reservation for packaging of foodgrains in jute bags.
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