<h1>Raw jute crisis: industry urges urgent government measures to curb hoarding, stabilise prices and protect jute sector jobs</h1> Industry body urges central intervention to curb speculative hoarding of raw jute, citing sharp price rise and immediate job losses; it proposes mandating traders, dealers and stockists to reduce raw jute holdings to zero by March 31, 2026 and declaring trade in raw jute illegal from April 1, 2026, with remaining stocks to be tendered to the state trading agency at a government-prescribed price and allocated to mills per B Twill orders to ensure continuity of operations. The association seeks state ministerial support to press these measures to stabilise supply, control prices and protect worker livelihoods.