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Bangladesh: Closure of Adamjee Jute Mills

Vol. 37, Issue No. 38, 21 Sep, 2002
Anu Muhammad

The decline of the Adamjee Jute Mills goes back to as early as 1995, soon after a World Bank-Bangladesh government agreement envisaged wide-ranging changes in the jute sector involving closure, downsizing and privatisation of several mills and retrenchment of their workers. Adamjee's experience has found replication in numerous cases in the manufacturing sector, prompting renewed questions once again about adjustment programmes and who actually constitute its true beneficiaries.

Jute : Gains and Losses

Vol. 37, Issue No. 12, 23 Mar, 2002

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West Bengal : Labour as Politics

Vol. 36, Issue No. 03, 20 Jan, 2001

In the current ambience of violence that has enveloped Kolkata and its environs, the killing of the manager of a jute mill, his colleague and a worker would not seem to call for much attention, especially against the background of the dismal state of the jute industry in recent times. There was almost an air of inevitability about the events. Yet it may well prove to be the proverbial last straw and push all parties concerned towards addressing the shocking state of disrepair of the industry.

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