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The Secretary General of the International Jute Study Group
(IJSG) Mr. Bhupendra Singh met the Hon’ble Minister for
Textiles and Jute, Government of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh Mr. Abdul Latif Siddiqui at his office in the
Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka on 19 October 2010.
Various matters related to the jute economy, the challenges
faced by the jute industry in relation to production,
availability of quality raw materials, jute seeds, necessity
for technology improvement as well as the IJSG membership
issue were discussed during the meeting. Secretary General
congratulated the Hon’ble Minister for enacting new Law for
compulsory packaging in jute bags and also for reopening few
jute mills in the Govt. Sector. It was discussed that for
the continuation of the Group, the present IJSG member
countries should sincerely take initiative to involve more
potential countries to the Group as full members to enable
the IJSG to undertake more programmes. The Hon’ble Minister
reiterated the issue of upgrading the status of IJSG to the
International Jute Organisation (IJO) during the discussion.
Secretary General promised to undertake all necessary steps
in this direction.
The Secretary General, Mr. Singh hoped that he would get all
possible support from the government of Bangladesh to move
ahead with the objectives of the Group and make the
organisation an effective forum to work for the betterment
of the global jute sector. Hon’ble Minister assured the
Secretary General of all possible assistance in the
activities of the Group and for the promotion of jute.
Meeting ended on a very cordial note and Secretary General
expressed his gratitude for the kindness of Minister. Mr.
Ashraful Moqbul, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles and Jute
and Mr. Md. Faruque Hossain, Finance and Administrative
Officer of the IJSG were present during the discussion. |
