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1.
Re-opening of Closed Mills:
Honorable Prime
Minister re-opened the closed Peoples Jute
Mills of Khulna in the name of Khalishpur
Jute Mills Ltd. on 05-03-2011 and Qaumi Jute
Mills Ltd. Sirajganj in the name of Jatiya
Jute Mills Ltd. on 09-04-2011.
Re-opening
of these 2 Mills created employment of about
7200 workers, consumption of 3.98 lac
quintal raw jute and 314.60 Crore taka
Foreign Exchange earnings by producing and
exporting about 38,000 M.Ton jute goods.
Further,
one closed (Daulatpur) and & two leased out
but subsequently returned (M.M. & R.R.) jute
mills are under consideration for re-opening
which will create opportunity for new
employment for about 2600 man power, 95,000
quintal jute consumption and 78.00 Crore
taka foreign exchange earnings by producing
and export of 9000 M.Ton jute goods.
2.
Establishment of New Mills:
A proposal for
establishment of a 50 loom specialized jute
mill in the premises of 2nd unit of closed
Adamjee Jute Mills in Narayanganj for
producing high value diversified jute
products is under active consideration of
the Govt.
Moreover,
setting up of a 206 loom 2nd unit in
Rajshahi Jute Mills will start very soon.
Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory(BMTF),
Gazipur, a concern under Ministry of
Defense, Govt. of Bangladesh has been
entrusted with the job.
3.
Employment Generation:
Jute sector is a
labor-intensive industry. Re-opening of 2
jute mills facilitated employment
opportunity for about 7,200 man powers.
Further, 3,026 terminated workers were
re-appointed and 1,256 officer & staffs and
3230 permanent labors and 21,700 daily basis
workers were newly appointed in the running
Mills and Head office of BJMC.
4.
Mandatory Packaging Act:
To ensure higher
domestic consumption of raw jute and jute
goods the present Govt has passed an Act for
Mandatory use of jute goods in Packaging
on 12th October, 2010.This will bring
stability to the raw jute price, ensure
market & reasonable price of raw jute to the
farmers and most importantly increase the
bargaining power for exports of jute goods
in the world market.
5.
Human Resource Development:
BJMC has restarted the
two training centre situated in Chittagong
(at Gul Ahmed Jute Mills) and Jessore ( at
Jessore Jute Industries). The newly
appointed officers and staff of BJMC & mills
are given basic management and job oriented
trainings to increase the knowledge and
efficiency of the new recruits. Moreover,
refreshers course for serving officers and
staff will also be started very soon.
6.
Indirect Employment Generation:
Every year BJMC opens
more than 125 jute purchase centres through
out the jute growing areas of Bangladesh.
These centres besides ensuring fair price of
raw jute to the farmers also creates
employment for a good number of seasonal
workers in the centres for carrying,
handling, transportation of raw jute
purchased.
This year
137 jute purchase centres have been opened
throughout the country.
7. Future Plan:
a) Establishment of
jute based pulp/paper mill:
Encouraged by fair
price, the farmers are producing more jute
every year. This may at one point generate
an unmanageable surplus of jute resulting
into price collapse. To avoid such a
situation and also to ensure stable market
for increased domestic production of jute
one option could be producing pulp/paper
from jute.
The Govt.
has decided to convert the now closed North
Bengal Paper Mill (NBPM) into a dry whole
jute plant based pulp/paper producing mill.
Contacts have been established with China
Yunnan Corporation (CYC) in this respect.
Already two delegations from CYC have
visited Bangladesh and inspected the North
Bengal Paper Mills during 20-26 July, 2011
and 14-19 September, 2011. They are expected
to submit a proposal to Bangladesh Govt.
very shortly.
