JDRCS

The scheme aims to foster innovation and product diversification in the Jute Diversified Products sector. It provides innovative designs, skill training, and technical specifications to Jute Artisans, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Exporters, and Women Self Help Groups.

The scheme "Jute Design Resource Centre" was launched by the National Jute Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The scheme aims to foster innovation and product diversification in the Jute Diversified Products sector by establishing a centralized design development hub. The scheme provides continuous development, designing, and dissemination of market-worthy modern, innovative, and trend-forecasting designs, including unit-specific product development on a cost-sharing or free basis.

• The applicant must be a Jute Artisan, a Micro Small and Medium Enterprise unit, an Exporter, a Women Self Help Group, or a Jute Raw Material Centre & Production Centre trained beneficiary.
• The applicant must provide a formal request format for the sharing of jute bag designs developed and stored by the Jute Design Resource Centre.

##### Post-Selection Conditions

• The applicant must maintain confidentiality regarding the technical and design specification sheets provided for trademarked jute products.
• The applicant must bear the full cost of trademark registration if they plan to obtain a trademark for the newly developed product.
• The applicant must share the cost of raw materials and accessories used for developing the jute designer bags if applying under the cost-sharing basis.

• Provides up to 2 free designs per unit per quarter, with the cost of raw materials and accessories borne by the National Jute Board on an actual basis.
• Offers an unlimited number of designs on a First-In-First-Out basis under the cost-sharing model, where the design ideas and making charges are provided free of cost by the Jute Design Resource Centre.
• Grants the exporter or manufacturer the exclusive right to market and sell the developed cost-shared design in the domestic and export market for a period of one year without disclosure to others.
• Permits the manufacturer to have full rights to manufacture, market, and export the product up to the registered trademark period if a trademark is obtained within the initial one-year confidentiality period.
• Provides free technical specification sheets with required technical tips and showcases sample bags in display for reference.
• Organises specific workshops or skill training programmes at Patsan Bhavan or at different National Jute Board specified centres without any charges.

##### Conditions

• The exporter or manufacturer must bear the entire cost of trademark registration without claiming any financial assistance from the Jute Design Resource Centre or the National Jute Board.
• The exporter or manufacturer must take up legal action with the concerned trademark authorities against impersonating units themselves, as the National Jute Board is not responsible for the copying of trademarked products.
• The entire raw material cost and accessories used for developing new jute samples under the cost-sharing basis must be borne by the exporter, artisan, or manufacturer.