India: Rubber task force invites suggestions from industry

The Task Force on Rubber Sector (TFRS) has requested stakeholders to furnish views/comments/suggestions on issues related to the sector. Details regarding this is available on the Rubber Board website www.rubberboard.org.in.

Chief Secretaries of Kerala and Tripura are the Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Task Force. Executive Director of Rubber Board is the Member Convenor. Other members of the Task Force are Joint Secretary and Director in the Department of Commerce, Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and one official each from the State governments of Tripura and Kerala. AK Krishnakumar, former Executive Director of IL&FS, Delhi, is inducted into the Task Force as a technical expert.

The mandate of the TFRSis to recommend short-term solutions and long-term strategies for mitigating the problems faced by rubber growers and suggest a national policy on rubber taking into consideration the relevant provisions of the WTO agreement and other trade commitments, general economic policy of the Centre , relevant acts and rules thereof and welfare of stakeholders.