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Paat-Mitro App to Facilitate Jute Farmers
- 22 Dec 2023
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Recently, the Ministry of Textiles launched “Paat-Mitro”, a mobile application, developed by the Jute Corporation of India Limited (JCI) during the Jute Symposium.
- The application is available in 6 languages and all the functionalities are made available to the users free of cost.
- The app also offers agronomic practices, Minimum Support Prices (MSP) details, Jute Gradation Parameters, 'Jute-ICARE' schemes, weather forecasts, JCI’s Purchase Centers’ locations, and Procurement Policies. It enables farmers to track their jute payments and uses a Chatbot for queries.
- India is the largest producer of jute followed by Bangladesh and China.
- However, in terms of acreage and trade, Bangladesh takes the lead accounting for three-fourth of the global jute exports in comparison to India’s 7%.
