Calcutta, May 23 :     India has decided to rejoin the International Jute Organisation (IJO), the 25-nation organisation of producers and consumers of jute and jute-based goods. India resigned from IJO early last year, complaining about the jute body?s failure to promote the fibre globally. The pull-out decision was taken after the Indian representative was denied the top post at the Dhaka-based international body. The union textiles ministry agreed to reconsider its pull-out decision, following Bangladesh?s plea to rejoin as both IJO and India need each other. The decision is awaiting clearance from the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). Sources said a compromise formula is being worked out to give India a berth in the organisation?s executive committee. From its inception, IJO had four directors: two each from India and Bangladesh. But last year India?s candidate failed to get elected in the executive committee. The pull-out decision did more harm than good to the Indian jute industry, said a member of the Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA), the apex body of mill owners. He said the country needs to rejoin the international organisation to protect its interest. The member said: ?The only way the country?s jute industry can thrive is by imparting a perceptible export orientation to its products and developing new products and applications. Jute?s biggest advantage over relatively cheaper and better synthetic alternatives is its environment-friendly image. ?It is easier to sell jute abroad than within the country because of greater environment consciousness overseas, and IJO can be best used to boost jute exports,?? he said. If India joins the IJO, the country?s growers can utilise modern cultivation techniques available with the jute organisation which is constantly engaged in research of high-yielding plant variety and market promotion techniques. IJO has currently three jute producing countries in its rolls ? Bangladesh, China and Nepal ? and 20 consumer nations. India?s rejoining of IJO will persuade the extension of the International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products (IAJP), signed in 1982. The agreement expires on April 11, 2000. IJO sources said efforts are on to get back Thailand this year, which left in 1998. Other countries likely to join IJO are Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria.