Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Irani has called upon the farmers to use certified seeds to increase their income and productivity and contribute to the country in jute diversified and technical textile products.
She was virtually inaugurating the Certified Jute Seeds Distribution Plan and Jute Farmers Awareness Workshop, organised at ICAR-CRIJAF Institute at Barrackpore, West Bengal.
The Minister further informed that Government has approved a Technical Textiles Mission which includes Jute Geo-Textiles (JGT). She said the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has approved standards for JGT, which will help promotion of JGT under the Technical Textile Mission.
The Minister informed that in August 2020, Government had taken a resolution to exponentially spread the distribution of certified jute seeds through commercial seed programme for the benefit of a much larger number of jute farmers wherein JCI would be distributing 10,000 quintals of certified jute seeds. She stated that the move would benefit about 5 lakh jute farmers.
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