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title: "Jute Cultivation Belt: West Bengal Crop Geography"
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Jute Cultivation Belt is the alluvial Ganga-Brahmaputra delta tract, centred on West Bengal, where most of India's raw jute is grown for fibre.
- Why is jute cultivation concentrated in West Bengal rather than spread across India?
- How did Partition affect India's jute belt?
- What state institutions support jute farmers in the belt?
- How does the jute belt differ from the cotton belt?

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In December 2023, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs extended the mandatory jute packaging norms for foodgrains, sustaining demand from West Bengal's jute cultivation belt and its Hooghly-side mills.

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