Government has decided to set up an Expert Committee consisting of representative of various stakeholders in the Rubber Sector to examine the issues relating to production, development and exports of rubber and related products.
"The committee will also recommend an appropriate National Policy on Rubber which will cover production, consumption and import of all types of rubber i.e. Natural Rubber (NR), Synthetic Rubber (SR) and Reclaimed Rubber (RR)," a commerce ministry statement said Friday.
The committee will examine issues relating to production, development and exports of rubber and related products and make recommendations for a broad based policy relating to all types of rubber - natural rubber, synthetic rubber and reclaimed rubber.
The expert committee would have 23 members including a joint secretary from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Rubber Board chairman, representative of state government of Tripura and Kerala.
It will be chaired by Additional Secretary (Plantations) Department of Commerce.
The committee would be serviced by the Rubber Board and has been advised to submit the draft of National Rubber Policy in an early time frame, it said.
With rise in demand for rubber from the auto sector, the need for a national policy was felt as at present the concerns of the rubber sector are being handled by two-three departments under various ministries.
India, the world's fourth largest producer of natural rubber, is dependent on imports as domestic production is short of demand.In 2012-13 fiscal, rubber production was 9,13,700 tonnes, lower than consumption of 9,72,705 tonnes, reports media.
Source:- smetimes.in
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