...Introduction Jute is a bio-degradable eco-friendly item. Prior to nineties, jute fabric was used for making low cost carry bags and gunny bags for packing rice, paddy, sugar, dal, cement etc. With the start of Jute diversification, a large market has developed for the jute yarn, jute fabrics and other jute based products. With the market assistance of Ministry of Textile & Jute and Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation a large production base of small and cottage sector units have come up with a wide variety of products and are sold through exhibitions organized by different agencies. Both Ministry of Textile & Jute and Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation have their own development schemes to support jute entrepreneurs beginning from imparting “Basic Training Programme”,“Advance Training Programme”, “Advance Training cum Design Dissemination Programme ”,“Technical demonstration” and “Buyer Seller Meet”. They are also assisting the jute entrepreneurs to sell their products through different Trade Fairs/Exhibitions in the country. Ministry of Textile & Jute is also providing marketing assistance to jute entrepreneurs by providing them stalls in the trade fairs/exhibitions in the domestic market as well as in the foreign markets. For creating pollution free environment the Govt. has started discouraging the use of polythene and rexin items. the polythene bags have been totally banned .For eco-friendly character the demand for jute yarn, jute fabrics and other jute items...
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