Govt to announce a relief of Rs 400 per quintal on raw jute over MSP

04 Nov 2011 Evaluate

The government may soon announce an increase of Rs 400 per quintal on raw jute over minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,700 per quintal. As per the West Bengal Agriculture Marketing Minister Arup Roy, the central government may soon accept the state government’s demand for higher MSP for raw jute.  By adding further he said, ‘the state has agreed to offer subsidy of Rs 100 per quintal while, centre has agreed to pay another Rs 300 per quintal to support the farmers.’

The MSP of TD-5 variety of jute ex-Assam is Rs 1,675 per quintal, whereas the MSP of ex-Kolkata is Rs 1,738 per quintal. Recently in a meeting with National Development Council, Mamta Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, has requested for bonus of Rs 400 per quintal for current jute season.

‘The cost of production of jute at Rs 1,950 a quintal is much higher in comparison to the minimum price announced. So we have asked for a bonus of Rs 400 a quintal. The union government has assured our chief minister that they will favourably consider the issue and announcement of the centre's support is expected shortly,’ Roy added. 

In India, there are around 40 lakh jute farmers and majority is in West Bengal. There is huge gap between the cost of production and MSP. The production cost of raw jute is around Rs 1,900-1,950 per quintal whereas MSP is just Rs 1,700 per quintal; as a result the crop becomes commercially unviable for the farmers. The state government has asked for increase in MSP by Rs 400, however, the government as agreed for Rs 300 per quintal.

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