Kottayam: The Rubber Board under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, GoI has launched a mobile app for the online manurial recommendation. The app developed by the Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) is the first of its kind in rubber anywhere in the world and the first in any crop in India.
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KINFRA Mega Food Park at Palakkad moves towards reality
Palakkad: Giving a big push to the infrastructure development for food processing in the State, Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan and Union Minister of Food Processing, Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal laid the foundation stone for a mega Rs. 119.02 crores food processing park at Kanjikode on June 11, 2017.
Read MoreRubber Board to start new Development Office at Kottayam
Kottayam: The Rubber Board under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, is all set to start a Development Office at the Board’s Head Office at Kottayam to take care of the services rendered to rubber growers of the region.
Read MoreNABL accreditation for Rubber Board Technical Consultancy Division
Kottayam: The city-based Rubber Board under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India; has announced that the Technical Consultancy Division of Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) has got accreditation for testing from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).
Read MoreIndia registers quantum leap in Natural Rubber exports in last fiscal
Kottayam: The Rubber Board today announced that Natural Rubber (NR) exports from India registered a quantum leap during the last financial year with 20,030 tonnes leaving the country. By contrast during 2015-16, export was only 865 tonnes. Exports recorded 30,594 tonnes in 2012-13, but and thereafter, owing to the relatively low price of NR in the international market exports showed a declining trend.
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