Staff Reporter
New “Jute Policy 2008″ should not follow the IMF and WB recommended jute sector alteration strategy. It should ensure the maximum national benefits, diversifying the production and use within the country and abroad.
“It has been realised that the adoption of IMF and WB suggested jute policy actually suggests to shut-down state-owned jute mills in the name of privatisation. Because of them, we have lost the control of manufactured jute products market, despite our status of being the largest jute producing country,” said speakers in a seminar on Jute Policy-2008. [Read more]