Ministry of Textiles launches “Paat-Mitro” application to facilitate jute farmers

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Last Updated25/12/2023

To provide important information about MSP and agronomy to jute farmers, the Ministry of Textiles launched “Paat-Mitro” - a mobile application

In addition to, the latest agronomic practices like:
- Minimum Support Prices (MSP)
- Jute Gradation Parameters
- Farmer-centric schemes like ‘Jute-ICARE’,
- JCI’s Purchase Centers’ locations, Procurement Policies
- Are also made available in the app.
Farmers will also be able to track the status of their payments for the raw jute sold to JCI under MSP Operation.
The ‘Jute Symposium’ was organized to create awareness and popularize Jute based technical textiles with special emphasis on Jute Geotextiles.

Temperature: Between 25-35°C
Rainfall: Around 150-250 cm
Soil Type: Well drained alluvial soil.
India is the largest producer of jute followed by Bangladesh and China.
However, in terms of acreage and trade, Bangladesh takes the lead accounting for three-fourth of the global jute exports in comparison to India’s 7%.
Major jute producing states include West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya and Tripura.