‘JUTE-SMART’ portal to facilitate purchase of Jute bags
Q. ‘JUTE-SMART’ initiative is related to- Published on 26 Dec 16a. Growing Jute
b. Purchase of Jute bags
c. Exporting Jute seeds
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Purchase of Jute bags
‘JUTE-SMART’ is an online portal to facilitate purchase of Jute bags from the Jute Industry by the State Procurement Agencies. JUTE-SMART seeks to provide an integrated platform for use by all the stakeholders to allow easy access to information, more transparency and ease of doing business for the jute sector.
B-Twill Supply Management & Requisition Tool, in short, JUTE-SMART is a web based application developed to facilitate end to end transactions relating to procurement of B-Twill sacking.
The erstwhile system relied mostly on paper and there were bottlenecks tot information sharing between the stakeholders, mainly State Procurement Agencies, the Ministry of Food and Public Distribution, Jute Mills, etc.
B-Twill sacking is an essential requirement for procurement of food grains, the entire operation is time bound and needs to be closely monitored. In addition, the system provides for automated transactions through banks to reduce cost to the State Procurement Agencies on account of loss of interest on their funds.
