What is the importance of jute textile industry in India?
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 fibers, spinning, weaving,
bleaching, dyeing, finishing and marketing of both, the raw jute and its
finished products. So, jute industry is labor intensive and as such its labor-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.
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 fibers, spinning, weaving, bleaching, dyeing, finishing and marketing of both, the raw jute and its finished products. So, jute industry is labor intensive and as such its labor-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.
