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Private sector jute research body uncertain

Star Economic Report
The decision to set up a Jute research Institute' In the private sector has been pending for the past six years.
A National Council for Industrial Development (NCID) decision for overall development of the Jute sector In 1985 provided for setting up the research institute. Bangladesh Jute Mills Association (BJMA) was to co ordinate and supervise its operation.
BJMA, accordingly, submitted a proposal to the Jute Ministry In this regard, which was approved In a cabinet meeting sometime in 1988.
The NCID decided the re-
search Institute would be run by private sector In co-opcra-tlon with public sector. Sources said the need for the institute was felt as researchers of the Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJR1) were not Involved In developing effective marketing strategics. The objectives of the proposed research Institute was to Improve management and operational practices of the Jute mills, they added.
It was proposed a small part of the earnings from Jute goods exports would be earmarked for development and administrative costs of the Institute. Different International organi-
sation like United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) also showed Interest in funding the project.
Jute Ministry sources said a portion of STABEX fund provided by the EEC countries and funds from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank could be available for the institute.
Since the cabinet meeting of 1988. no positive steps were taken to Implement the project till March. 1991. A meeting between representatives from the Jute sector and
the Ministry of Jute in March last year decided to settle the issue. Another meeting of the private and public sectors representatives In May discussed the modalities of the Institute.
Although both the public and the private sectors representatives agreed on the necessity of the Institute, the BJMC failed to approve the minutes of the meeting to be sent to the ministry.
Sources said the failure of the BJMC to okay the minutes would further delay the implementation of Institute. The BJMC expressed reservations fearing the new Institute would turn the cot potation's own re-
search wing redundant.
Jute Ministry sources said the proposal for the institute remained unattended. They said a tug of war on the control of the institute between the private and the public sectors was 11k- main reason behind the indecision on the project.
The new research institute Is needed us the BJR1 under the Ministry of Agriculture has no working relation with the Jute industry, argued private sector entrepreneurs. The new institute under the Jute Ministry would realise the problems of the industry and work likewise to solve them, they observed.