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TMI BlogTripura surpasses 5-year rubber plantation target of 30,000 hectareX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Tripura surpasses 5-year rubber plantation target of 30,000 hectare - PTI News Dated:- 19-1-2025 PTI - News - Tripura surpasses 5-year rubber plantation target of 30,000 hectare - - - Dated:- 19-1-2025 - Agartala, Jan 18 (PTI) Tripura has surpassed its five-year rubber cultivation target of 30,000 hectare under an initiative of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers' Association (ATMA), and is now aimi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ng to increase the plantation to 69,000 hectare, an official said on Sunday. Indian Natural Rubber Operations for Assisted Development (INROAD), backed by ATMA, was launched in 2021 to develop 2 lakh hectare of natural rubber plantation in Northeast and West Bengal over five years. Under this initiative, the Rubber Board had set a target of 30,000 hectare for Tripura. "Tripura has already raised r ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ubber plantations on 47,747 hectare against its five-year target of 30,000 hectare. We are expecting to increase the plantation areas up to 69,000 hectare," Rubber Board's Development Officer Arunabha Majumder told PTI. He said rubber plantations under INROAD suffered setbacks in Assam, Manipur and West Bengal due to various reasons, prompting the Rubber Board to focus on Tripura. "Naturally, Trip ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ura will be a major player in fulfilling the target of raising rubber plantations on 2 lakh hectare by the end of this year. We are putting in all efforts to maximise the plantation areas in the state," Majumder said. Tripura, the second highest natural rubber producer in India after Kerala, has 1,10,648 hectare of rubber plantation in all. It produces 1,10,717 mt of natural rubber annually. Majum ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... der said the Rubber Board has been assisting rubber growers in all spheres, from planting to selling. Despite all efforts, the value addition to natural rubber produced in Tripura is still very less, he rued. "Less than 4 per cent of natural rubber produced in the state has got value addition, while around 96 per cent rubber sheets or latex go outside the state. Only three companies are engaged in ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rubber-based products here," he said. PTI PS SOM - - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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