{"id":99475,"date":"2026-04-21T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=99475"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:07:01","slug":"jute-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jute-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Jute Crop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Jute Crop Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the government has reduced Jute Stock Limits for Raw Jute Traders and Balers to zero.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Jute Crop<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jute crop is the second most <\/span><b>important fibre crop<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India after cotton.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a crop of <\/span><b>humid tropical climates.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used <\/span><b>in multiple ways<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like for making ropes, gunny bags, rugs, carpets, tarpaulins and many other products.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Required Climatic Conditions for Jute Crop<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Relative humidity between 40-90%.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Soil:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It can grow in a wide<\/span><b> range of soil but fertile loamy alluvial<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> soil is better suitable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Temperature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Between 17\u00b0 C and 41\u00b0C<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It requires well distributed <\/span><b>rainfall over 1200 mm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is ideal for cultivation and growth of jute.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally sown in <\/span><b>February and harvested in October<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the crop matures in 8\u201310 months.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Jute Distribution in India<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 99% of India\u2019s jute is produced in five states including West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>West Bengal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (81% share), Bihar, Assam, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh (delta regions are important contributors).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/govt-reduces-jute-stock-limits-for-raw-jute-traders-balers-to-zero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jute Crop  is the second most important fibre crop in India after cotton. 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