The Minister of State for Textiles, Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan, informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question by Shri Tapan Kumar Sen and Shri Mohammed Amin that the Jute Advisory Board has been reconstituted vide Order dated 14th May, 2007 for a period of two years.
The Minister further informed the House that at present, the Jute Advisory Board has 2 Government official members from non-jute growing States, 8 government official members from jute growing States, 10 non-official members from jute growing States and 11 non-official members from non-jute growing States. Thus, out of the total 31 members of the Board, 18 are from jute growing States.
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