Centre will continue to procure jute bags for packing wheat

摘要

The Centre will not stop procurement of jute bags for mandatory packaging of wheat in jute bags. Since the beginning of April, the Centre has been paying higher subsidy than last year for buying jute bags, at Rs. 86,917 a tonne. However, the procurement level has been brought down to 70 per cent instead of 100 per cent. The balance 30 per cent of wheat packing by the Food Corporation of India and various State agencies will be done in plastic bags.