Question

Jute industry is basically a raw material oriented industry. Justify.

Answer 1

Jute is the second most important textile industry in India after cotton textile industry. Raw jute is largely produced in India and most of jute mills are located on the banks of Hooghly river in West Bengal. Small and marginal farmers are engaged in the production of jute. Almost all the procedures in jute product making involves the raw fibres of jute. Hence, jute industry is basically called a raw-material oriented industry.