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The West Bengal government has signed a wage agreement with the jute industry to ward off an impending strike in the mills, officials said Thursday. The agreement. which was signed late on Wednesday, came into effect from today, Labour Minister Malay Ghatak said. As per the fresh agreement, new workers would get a maximum of Rs.385 per day, from the existing Rs.257. In January this year, the state government had raised the wages for new joinees to Rs.327 a day as interim relief.
