84 SOCIAL SCIENTIST variations in the level of demand seem to be relevant; (c) analyse the relationship between the restrictionist policies followed and what may be termed ^a process of secular loss of markets'; and (d) establish that this industry is in a state of crisis and analyse the nature of this crisis in -terms of the trends in and impact on wages, employment, and so on. The Years After Independence In 1950, there were 112 registered jute mills in the country, of which 101 were in West Bengal concentrated near Calcutta. The total capacity of these mills had been estimated at 100,000 tons per month or 1.2 million tons per year on the basis of a single shift and a 48 hour week. Approximately 302,000 workers were employed in the industry. PRODUCT! FABLE I[ON OF JUTE GOODS i (in' '000 tonnes met ;ric measures) Year Hessian Sacking Carpet Total (including Equivalent Stocks of Backing cotton bagging Jute Consump- Jute goods and others} tion (in lakh bales) 1947 461.0 528.9 1026.0 60.61 141.3 1948 487.0 549.1 1065.7 62.81 115.4 1949 333.9 570.8 937.6 55.05 499 1950 322.7 492.7 8499 50.36 82.6 1951 327.2 528.3 888.1 53.51 85.9 1952 316.4 617.0 967.1 57.26 116.8 1953 395.0 457.8 883.1 51.22 100.2 1954 395.2 514.2 942.6 53^84 70.7 1955 407.9 533.9 1043.7 59.81 64.5 1956 421.9 615.2 1110.3 6341 97.2 1957 420.9 557.5 1046.4 61.52 76.2 1958 413.6 591.7 5.1* 1078.7 61.45 111.5 1959 465.2 511.9 16.3 10685 61.27 59.9 1960 429,0 549.5 23.1 1084.2 62.36 81.5 1961 355.7 483.7 27.3 970.3 54.58 55.6 1962 482.7 551.8 44.6 1186.8 67.35 82.8 1963 528.6 507.1 87.5 1236.2 71.01 112.8 1964 536.5 514.6 94.6 1271.4 73.81 105.D 1965 529.4 590.5 96.9 1335.3 76.^1 122.0 1966 427.0 503.2 107.3 1119.6 64.19 123.1 1967 463.6 481.3 124.1 1156.4 66.09 129<0 1968 398.0 427.2 170.6 1084.9 62.75 125.8 1969 287.1 306.9 228.7 893.6 51.48 69.9 1970 350.9 418.6 119.6 954.2 55.50 102.3 1971 320.4 484.0 204.1 1087.0 64.02 109.9 1972 332.3 486.1 186.9 1110.4 65.70 110.0 1973 325.3 425.2 174.6 1037.2 G0.29 121.2 1974 329.8 384.1 135.2 946.8 55.25 1149 4: 9 months. First three months included in Hessian SOURCE: IJ \i A Annual Summary of Jute and Gunny ^tuUstics, 1974.