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Mizoram expands Chief Minister's Rubber Mission amid Assam border disputeTensions escalate between Assam and Mizoram over rubber plantations in the Mamit district, with allegations of Assam forest officials destr...
Northeast tightens its hold on rubber as tyre majors scout beyond KeralaNortheast India's rubber production is significantly up. Tripura, Assam, and Meghalaya now contribute 17.5% of India's total natural rubber...
iSPEED: India launches Rs 145 crore rubber skilling and production boost driveINROAD has launched iSPEED, a Rs 145 crore initiative, to benefit over 2 lakh smallholder rubber farmers in Northeastern states and West Be...
Tyre makers investing Rs 100 cr in NE, Bengal for enhancing rubber production, says associationTyre manufacturers are investing Rs 100 crore in the Northeast and West Bengal for training growers and enhancing natural rubber production...
Cultivation in Assam goes beyond tea: 4.8 acres land used for growing maize in TinsukiaThe experiment with Maize cultivation in Tinsukia, Assam aims to meet India's biofuel needs by increasing corn production. The area, known ...
Tea estates in Assam may start growing rubber as wellThe Assam government in August allowed up to 5% of the total land of tea gardens to be used for promotion of eco-friendly tea tourism, cult...
Tyre makers to invest Rs 1,100 crore in rubber plantation in Northeast, West BengalApollo Tyres, CEAT, JK Tyre and MRF together pledged Rs 1,100 crore over the next five years as a "business investment" to increase rubber ...
Tenders received for international flights from Guwahati, formalities to begin soon: Chandra Mohan PatowaryUnder international Udan scheme government planned to operate flight between Guwahati Singapore, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Malays...
Piyush Goyal thanks tyre makers for investing Rs 1,100 crore to set up plant in North East IndiaAssam’s Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary called upon Chairmen cum Managing Directors of JK Tyre, Apollo Tyres, CEAT ...
Natural rubber production falls to second lowest levels in recent yearsNearly a decade ago, output used to hover around 9,00,000 tonnes.
Assam minister demands shifting of Tea Board headquarters of Tea board from Kolkata to GuwahatiAssam agriculture minister, Atul Bora on Saturday said it is high time the headquarters of Tea board of India was shifted from Kolkata to G...
Natural rubber production steadily climbingTotal production in the current fiscal up to January 2017 is 5,65,000 tonnes whereas it was 4,92,000 tonnes during the same period last yea...
Natural Rubber supply will be short of demand from 2020, says ANRPC secretary generalResearch in rubber plantation sector should focus on the impact of climate change on rubber cultivation and strategies to combat the possib...
Creating durable assets through rural employment: Rubber Board ties up with MGNREGARubber Board is turning to the rural employment guarantee programme to increase India’s natural rubber output from the present 9 million to...
Rubber Board aims to bring 4.5 lac ha of NE land under acreageThe Rubber Board has set a target of bringing 4.5 lakh hectares of land under rubber cultivation in the north eastern region.
- North-east to be rubber producing hub
Farmers in the North East are taking to natural rubber cultivation in a big way. The seven states of the region, with 14% of the total rubb...
- Rubber board sees potential in Karnataka
Karnataka, which grows two-thirds of India’s coffee, could now also be known for natural rubber. There are plans, which could make it the c...
- Govt plans Rs 173 cr scheme for NE rubber
The cabinet has decided to kick off a Rs 173 crore expansion programme for rubber cultivation in the northeastern states of Tripura and Ass...
- Centre to use rubber as social fencing along Indo-Bangla border
The Centre is examining a project proposal to use natural rubber for “social fencing” along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
- Tea, rubber & spices look for new homes
In a bid to boost production of tea, spices and rubber, the government is planning to shift focus on non-traditional areas.