Nov 24, 2016
Jute workers wages to be credited into bank accounts post-demonetisation
Nov 24, 2016
The government’s demonetisation move has proved to be a blessing in disguise for more than 275,000 jute workers, as mill owners have finally agreed to deposit wages into bank accounts of the workers.
New bank accounts have been opened and more are being opened, and the settlement of fortnightly wages due on 21-22 November is to be concluded within a week, said Raghavendra Gupta, chairman, Indian Jute Mills Association, or Ijma—a lobby group to the Mint.
The other key concern in the wake of demonetisation was replenishment of raw jute stocks at mills. Because farmers receive payment only in cash, mills had to suspend buying raw jute, but a bumper crop this year appears to have helped.
Only about 10 mills are running thin on stocks, which will last 10 days or so, but others have enough raw jute to keep producing at 100% capacity for at least a month, according to Ijma’s Gupta.
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