The West Bengal government has called a meeting on May 10 with stakeholders of the industry, factories, tea gardens to ensure the protection of workers from the pandemic and continuity of business due to the raging second wave of Covid pandemic, sources said. The state government has restricted the number of the workforce at a time to 50 per cent including in tea gardens. The state government has also instructed that all jute mills and other premises that had been occupied by Central security forces during the election period, should be thoroughly sanitised. Indian Jute Mills Association had committed to supply 14 lakh bales of jute bags in the Kharif season between June and November 2021. The 30 per cent workforce regulation in the jute industry has been imposed with an aim to prevent the spread of the deadly disease.

Source: Mint May 08, 2021 07:52 UTC