The Centre is gearing up to announce the MSP for FY19. Government documents indicate the price would be about 5% higher than this year’s MSP. Data also showed that between FY13 and FY18, area under jute cultivation shrank to 6,84,3000 hectares from 7,56,000 hectares. Raw jute output fell to 98.3 lakh bales from 110 lakh bales.