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With rubber growers successful Karnataka nether distress owing to autumn successful prices implicit the years they volition clasp a State-level league successful Ujire connected November 29. The growers person chiefly demanded that the authorities state a minimum enactment terms (MSP) of ₹250 per kg for earthy rubber nether the marketplace involution strategy and state earthy rubber arsenic an cultivation commodity.
Addressing presspersons present connected Monday, Shridhar G. Bhide, president, reception committee of the conference, said that the terms of earthy rubber successful Karnataka present stood astatine ₹182 per kg. The Kerala authorities accrued the enactment terms for earthy rubber from ₹180 pe kg to ₹200 per kg effectual from November 1, 2025, nether its Rubber Production Incentive Scheme.
Many growers successful Karnataka are cutting rubber trees owing to autumn successful prices and expanding accumulation costs. The authorities successful Karnataka should besides intervene to prevention rubber growers by declaring MSP.
Senior economist Vigneshwara Varmudy said that the Kerala High Court has declared that rubber plantations are cultivation lands nether the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFESI) Act, 2002. The tribunal declared it successful the lawsuit of K.P. Muhammed Basheer vs Deputy General Manager (Authorised Officer), Kannur District Cooperative Bank Ltd. lawsuit of 2010. But governments person not brought rubber cultivation either nether the Department of Agriculture oregon Horticulture. Hence rubber growers person been deprived of galore authorities incentives.
Mr. Varmudy said that the Union authorities should enforce import work connected the compound rubber being imported astatine zero percent import work from ASEAN countries successful the involvement of home growers.
Mr. Bhide said that Karnataka State Rubber Belegarara Hitarakshana Vedike, Ujire, Belthangady Taluk Rubber Growers’ Marketing and Processing Cooperative Society Ltd. Ujire person organised the league successful relation with each cooperative societies which are dealing with rubber successful Karnataka.
M. Vasanthagesan, enforcement director, Rubber Board, Kottayam, volition talk connected ‘future of rubber cultivation successful India’ astatine the league which volition statesman astatine 10 a.m.
