Contrary to Anusri Pal and Pinaki Chakraborti's assessment ("Indian Jute Industry in the Globalisation Era: Structure and Performance", EPW, 5 March 2011) of the structural change and growth performance of the jute industry in India, the industry experienced a lower level of effi ciency during the 1980s, which improved since the early 1990s, though without signifi cant technological progress.