Bumper jute production brings cheer to farmers in West Bengal.Byline: ANI Jalpaiguri, Aug 28 (ANI): Despite late arrival of monsoon monsoon (mŏns  n) [Arab., mausium=season], wind that changes direction with change of season, notably in India and SE Asia. rains
this year, jute farmers in Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal West Bengal: see Bengal. West Bengal State (pop., 2001: 80,176,197), northeastern India. It is bordered by Nepal and Bangladesh and the states of Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, Assam, and Meghalaya and has an area of 34,267 sq mi (88,752 sq km); are rejoicing due to bumper production of the crop. They say that the production this year is as good as previous years. "Like the previous years, this year also the production is good. There has been no loss due to rain deficit. The price has also not changed. More or less it's the same. Overall, it's good and we are happy," said Nirmal Roy, a farmer. However, some feel that a better market for their crops would have been a bonus to their high yield. "Despite late monsoon this year, the production is quite good and we expected a better market. However, if the rains had come a little earlier then the production would have been much better. Nonetheless, what we got is good, but a little better market would have been much satisfactory," said Suren Roy, another farmer. Meanwhile, jute traders hope that the market would get stable in a few days time. "The business is good this time. There were more markets before but this time it's less. However, we hope that the market would get revive To renew. For example, revival is the act of renewing the legal force of a contract or debt, either by acknowledging it or by giving a new promise, when the contract or debt is no longer a sufficient foundation for a lawsuit because it is barred by the running of the Statute in another five to seven days," said Narender Singh Rathore, a jute merchant, Jalpaiguri. Jute is one of the most viable cash crops of India. And this cash crop is mostly cultivated cultivated, n in herbal medicine, used to describe plants that are commercially farmed rather than collected from the wild. in the eastern margin of the country. West Bengal stands first in the country in jute production and the districts of Jalpaiguri and Coochbehar are the forerunners in the production of jute in the whole of West Bengal. Mostly used for making bags and other sundry sun·dry adj. Various; miscellaneous: a purse containing keys, wallet, and sundry items. [Middle English sundri, from Old English syndrig, separate. items, jute is also highly in demand in the carpet industry due to its fine quality. The jute produced in Jalpaiguri is of such superior quality that it is also known as the brown cascade. By Tarak Sarkar Sarkar could mean:
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