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The self-couching stitch, the most frequently used stitch in textile conservation, secures torn, frayed or weak areas to a new support fabric to make them less vulnerable to further damage.
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A PIB backgrounder notes that jute cultivation supports the income of about 40 lakh farming families, with more than 2.5 lakh families working in the jute industry.
India · Contemporary
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West Bengal accounts for roughly half of India's raw jute production, and in December 2025 it held 89 of the country's 120 composite jute mills.
West Bengal · 2025
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Jute is often called the 'golden fibre' for its golden, silky sheen, and it ranks as the second most important vegetable fibre after cotton in terms of use and production.
India
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Jute is a long, shiny bast fibre obtained from plants of the genus Corchorus, which belongs to the mallow family (Malvaceae).
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Research on jute water retting indicates that the step-by-step microbial breakdown of pectin is the main event that frees the bast fibres.
Contemporary
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Jute of the species Corchorus olitorius is the main commercial source of the fibre, although fibre from white jute, Corchorus capsularis, has traditionally been regarded as superior.
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Jute grows best in the warm, wet monsoon season, needing temperatures of roughly 20–40°C, relative humidity around 70–80% and regular weekly rainfall.
Bengal delta
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India's National Jute Development Programme, run by the National Jute Board, has an outlay of about ₹485.58 crore for 2021–22 to 2025–26, focused on productivity, farmer incomes and product diversification.
India · 2021–2026
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ISRO's National Remote Sensing Centre, with the Jute Corporation of India and National Jute Board, developed a Jute Crop Information System that monitors jute cultivation using satellite and field data.
India · Contemporary