Executive Summary:
This notification, dated December 20, 2019, mandates the use of jute packaging material for specific commodities, superseding a previous order. It specifies minimum percentages for foodgrains and sugar to be packed in jute, effective until June 30, 2020. The order empowers the Central Government under the Jute Packaging Materials Act, 1987, to enforce these packaging requirements and allows for potential dilutions under certain circumstances.
Key Points / Main Content:
Mandatory Jute Packaging:
* Foodgrains: 100% of production must be packed in jute packaging material.
* Sugar: 20% of production must be packed in jute packaging material.
* These percentages apply to jute packaging material manufactured in India from raw jute produced in India.
Procurement and Supply:
* Initially, 10% of foodgrain indents will be placed through reverse auction on the Government eMarketplace (GeM) portal.
* Procurement of jute bags for foodgrains via the GeM portal will be initiated on a trial basis.
* The Ministry of Textiles may allow dilution of mandatory packaging norms if jute mills fail to supply through GeM within 30 days.
* The Production Control-cum-Supply Orders (PCSO) allocation formula will be modified to incentivize jute mill participation in the GeM portal.
Dilution of Packaging Requirements:
* The Ministry of Textiles may allow further dilution of packaging material (up to 30% of the specified percentage) in case of supply shortages, disruptions, or other exigencies, in consultation with user Ministries.
* The Department of Food and Public Distribution must place realistic indents on time as per a pre-agreed schedule, in coordination with State Procurement Agencies (including FCI), to ensure minimum use of HDPE/PP bags.
Exemptions:
* Certain items are exempt from mandatory jute packaging:
* Sugar fortified with vitamins.
* Packaging for export of commodities.
* Small consumer packs (10 kg or below for foodgrains, 25 kg or below for sugar).
* Bulk packaging of more than 100 kg.
* Sugar packed for export that could not be exported.
Incentivizing Performance:
* A revised PCSO allotment mechanism will be devised, considering production efficiency, export, private market sales ability, and modernized machines.
Worker and Farmer Benefits:
* A mechanism will be devised to ensure statutory dues are paid to jute workers and prompt payments are made to jute farmers and balers.
* This mechanism will include periodical certification from the State Labour Department and self-certification from mills.
Impact Analysis:
Central Government:
* Impact: Empowered to enforce jute packaging requirements and make decisions regarding dilutions and exemptions.
* Action Required: Monitor supply and demand, consult with user Ministries, and implement mechanisms for worker and farmer benefits.
Jute Mills:
* Impact: Must adhere to mandatory packaging requirements and participate in the GeM portal.
* Action Required: Increase participation in the GeM portal, improve production efficiency, and ensure statutory payments to workers and prompt payments to jute farmers.
Procurement Agencies (including State Agencies and FCI):
* Impact: Responsible for procuring jute bags and adhering to packaging requirements.
* Action Required: Place realistic indents on time, use the GeM portal for procurement, and coordinate with the Department of Food and Public Distribution.
Raw Jute Farmers and Balers:
* Impact: Affected by the demand for raw jute for packaging.
* Action Required: Expect prompt payment for raw jute supplies.
Jute Workers:
* Impact: Affected by the implementation of a suitable mechanism ensuring payments of statutory dues to them.
* Action Required: Expect regular payments of statutory dues.
Consumers:
* Impact: Indirectly affected by potential changes in packaging and potential impact on commodity prices.
* Action Required: No direct action required.
Key Entities Referenced
Standing Advisory Committee: A committee constituted to recommend norms for packaging in jute material.
Jute Packaging Materials Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities Act, 1987: An act that empowers the Central Government to specify commodities to be packed in jute packaging material.
Ministry of Textiles: The ministry responsible for allowing dilution of mandatory packaging norms and incentivizing jute mill participation.
Department of Food and Public Distribution: The department responsible for preparing supply plans for jute bags and consulting with State Procurement Agencies.
State Procurement Agencies: Agencies involved in placing indents for jute bags and coordinating with the Department of Food and Public Distribution.
FCI: Food Corporation of India, coordinating with State Procurement Agencies and the Department of Food and Public Distribution.
Government eMarketplace GeM portal: An online portal used for reverse auction and procurement of jute bags.
Code on Wages, 2019: A labor law requiring payment of statutory dues to jute workers and prompt payment to jute farmers and balers.
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[फा. सं. 9/2/2019-पटसन (भाग II)]
संजय शरन, संयुb सिचव
MINISTRY OF TEXTILE
ORDER
New Delhi, the 20th December, 2019
S.O. 4578(E).— Whereas, the Central Government is empowered under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Jute
Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987 (10 of 1987) to specify, by order, the
commodities or class of commodities or such percentage thereof to be packed for the purpose of its supply or
distribution in such jute packaging material, after considering the recommendations of the Standing Advisory
Committee;
And, whereas, the Central Government has, in exercise of powers conferred under sub-section (1) of section 4 of
the said Act, constituted the Standing Advisory Committee vide number S.O. 473(E), dated the 27th January, 2019, to
recommend the norms of packaging in jute material;
And, whereas, the Central Government, after considering the recommendations made to it by the Standing
Advisory Committee, is satisfied that it is necessary in the interest of production of raw jute and jute packaging material,
and of persons engaged in the production thereof, to specify the commodity or class of commodities and percentage
thereof to be packed in jute packaging material.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 read with sub-section (1) of
section 16 of the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packaging Commodities) Act, 1987 (10 of 1987), and in
supersession of order number S.O. 5878(E), dated the 30th November, 2018, except as respects things done or omitted to
be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby directs that the commodities specified in column (2) of
the Table below, shall be packed in jute packaging material for supply or distribution, in such minimum percentage as
specified in corresponding entries in column (3) of the said Table, with effect from the date of publication of this
notification in the Official Gazette, up to the 30th June, 2020, namely:-
TABLE
Serial Commodities Minimum percentage of total production of commodity or class of commodities
Number required to be packed in jute packaging material manufactured in India from raw jute
produced in India
(1) (2) (3)
(i) Foodgrains *Hundred per cent. (100%) of the production
(ii) Sugar **Twenty per cent. (20%) of the production
*Note1 : Initially ten per cent. of the indents for foodgrains would be placed through reverse auction on the
Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal.
**Note 2 : In diversified jute bags under direct purchase by the procuring agencies from the mills or open market.
2. Procurement of jute bags for packing of foodgrains through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal shall be
initiated on trial basis.
3. To begin with, ten per cent. of the indents shall be placed by the State Procurement Agencies through reverse auction
on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal.
4. To the extent jute mills fail to supply through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal bidding within the
permissible thirty days, the Ministry of Textiles will allow upfront dilution of mandatory packaging norm and the
allocation formula for the Production Control-cum-Supply Orders (PCSO) shall be modified to incentivise participation
of jute mills in the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal.4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
5. In case of any shortage or disruption in supply of jute packaging material or in case of any other contingency or
exigency, the Ministry of Textiles may, in consultation with the user Ministries concerned, allow further dilution of
packaging material up to a maximum of thirty per cent. of the percentage specified in column (3) of the said Table.
6. In case the Procurement Agencies do not place indents for jute bags to pack foodgrains as per supply plan prepared by
the Department of Food and Public Distribution and bunching of demand (indents) takes place, then the jute mills shall
get reasonable additional time for the supply of jute bags.
7. With a view to ensure the minimum usage of High Density Poly Ethylene/ Poly Propylene (HDPE/PP) bags, the
Department of Food and Public Distribution, in consultation and coordination with State Procurement Agencies
(including FCI) shall place realistic indents on time as per pre-agreed schedule of supply of jute bags: Provided that if the
mills fail to supply the bags in the extended period, the conditions relating to dilution shall be applicable.
8. The following may be kept out of the purview of reservation under the said Act; namely :-
a) sugar fortified with vitamins;
(b) packaging for export of commodities;
(c) small consumer packs of ten kilograms and below for foodgrains and twenty-five kilograms and below for
sugar;
(d) bulk packaging of more than one hundred kilograms; and
(e) sugar packed for export but which could not be exported on the basis of an assessment and recommendation
by the Department of Food and Public Distribution.
9. For incentivising the mills to strive for better performance, a revised mechanism for Production Control cum Supply
Order (PCSO) allotment be devised wherein production efficiency, export, ability to sell in private market and
modernised machines shall be given due weightage to the present criterion of installed capacity.
10. To ensure that persons engaged in production of raw jute and jute packaging material are benefitted from the
mandatory packaging, a suitable mechanism shall be devised for enabling payment of statutory dues to jute workers and
prompt payment to jute farmers and balers on procurement of raw jute as per the Labour Laws in force including the
Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019).
11. The mechanism referred to in paragraph 9 shall include obtaining periodical certification from the Labour
Department of the State Government concerned on statutory payments to workers and self-certification from the mills on
prompt payment for raw jute supplies.
[F. No. 9/2/2019-Jute (Part.II)]
SANJAY SHARAN, Jt. Secy.
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