TNPSC Thervupettagam

Rubber plantations in Tamil Nadu

October 2 , 2023 419 days 1595 0
  • The rubber plantations in Tamil Nadu getting permissions for replanting takes several months resulting in losses.
  • Most of plantation’s areas are in Kanniyakumari district.
  • Developed and cultivated areas in plantations were brought under Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act in 1979.
  • The land is classified as forest land.
  • So, transfer or alienation of immovable property requires clearance from the district-level Forest Committees and this takes several months.
  • Rubber is grown on 26,268 ha in Tamil Nadu and the annual production (worth almost 400 crores) is 24,163 tonnes.
  • Of this, nearly 105 tonnes of rubber are exported.
  • Less than one fifth of the total area under rubber plantations in Tamil Nadu is with large growers.
  • The remaining land is with the small growers, who own less than 50 acres each.
  • Rubber tapping starts from the seventh year of the tree and goes on till the tree is 21 - 30 years.

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