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RUBBER BOARD
The Rubber Board is a statutory body constituted by the
Government of India, under the Rubber Act 1947, for the overall
development of the rubber industry in the country.
Commercial cultivation of natural rubber was introduced in
India by the British, although the experimental efforts
to grow rubber on a commercial scale in
India were initiated
as early as 1873 at the Botanical Gardens,
Calcutta.
The first commercial Hevea plantations in
India
were established at Thattekadu in 1902. The importance of rubber
production in India can a strategic and security reason had been
realized by the government during the Second World War period. The
rubber growers in India were encouraged to produce the maximum rubber
required for the use during war. After the war, there were growing
demands from the growers for setting up a permanent organisation to look
after the interests of the industry. Thereupon the government set up an
ad-hoc committee in 1945 to study the situation and to make appropriate
recommendation. On the recommendation of this ad-hoc committee, the
government passed the Rubber (Production and Marketing) Act, 1947, on
18th April 1947, and the Indian Rubber Board was constituted forthwith.
The Rubber Production and Marketing (Amendment) Act, 1954, amended the
name of the Board as The Rubber Board.
The functions of the Board as defined under the Act are:
To promote by such measures as it thinks fit the
development of the rubber industry.
Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing
provision the measures referred to therein may provide for: Undertaking,
assisting or encouraging scientific, technological or economic research,
taining students in improved methods of planting, cultivation, manuring
and spraying, supply of technical advice to rubber growers improving the
marketing of rubber, collection of statistics from owners of estates,
dealers and manufacturers, securing better working conditions and the
provision and improvement of amenities and incentives to workers,
carrying out any other duties which may be vested with the Board as per
rules made under this Act.
It shall also be the duty of the Board: to advise the
Central Government on all matters relating to the development of the
rubber industry, including the import and export of rubber. To advise
the Central Government with regard to participation in any international
conference or scheme relating to rubber. To submit to the Central
Government and such other authorities as may be perscribed, half yearly
reports on its activities and the working of this Act, and to prepare
and furnish such other reports relating to the rubber industry as may be
required by the Central Government from time to time.
For more details about the activities of Rubber Board,
contact:
Rubber Board
P.B. No:1122
Kottayam -686 002
Kerala, India
Ph: 91-481-2301231
Fax: 91-481-2571380
http://rubberboard.org.in
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