Indian Scenario

Preparation of Natural Rubber:

1. Rubber tapping: By cutting a small V-cut in the tree bark, the milky white liquid latex from rubber trees is collected in a cup. To coagulate the rubber particles, the collected latex is washed, filtered, and subjected to an acid reaction....

Government Initiatives of Natural Rubber:

Government-led programs for rubber include the Rubber Group Planting Scheme and the Rubber Plantation Development Scheme. Plantations for rubber, coffee, tea, cardamom, palm, and olive oil trees all get 100% foreign direct investment (FDI). Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, and India are major producers on a global scale. China, India, the United States, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia are major consumers. Support for traditional regions (Kerala and Tamil Nadu) and support for non-traditional regions make up the government’s natural rubber policy (includes North East India and any other place beyond Kerala & Tamil Nadu). Rubber Board puts these into action....

National Rubber Policy of India:

The National Rubber Policy was released by the Department of Commerce in March 2019. The policy has a number of measures that promote the Natural Rubber (NR) production sector as well as the whole value chain of the rubber industry. It addresses the following topics: new rubber planting and replanting, grower support, natural rubber processing and marketing, labor shortage, grower forums, external trade, center-state integrated strategies, research, training, manufacturing and export of rubber products, climate change concerns, and the carbon market. It is based on the short- and long-term solutions chosen by the Task Force established on the rubber industry to address issues encountered by the nation’s rubber growers....

Indian Scenario:

In 1902, on the banks of the Periyar River in Kerala, the British constructed the country’s first rubber plantation. With one of the greatest rates of output, India is presently the sixth-largest producer of NR worldwide (694,000 tonnes in 2017-2018). States that produce the most rubber are Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka....

Rubber Board of India:

It is governed by the ministry of Commerce and Industry and has its headquarters in Kottayam, Kerala. The Board is in charge of supporting and fostering research, development, extension, and training initiatives connected to rubber in order to advance the rubber sector in the nation. The Rubber Board oversees the Rubber Research Institute....

Conclusion:

Despite being the finest supply of rubber currently accessible, the rubber tree is currently under serious threat. Only plants that thrive in certain, specialized regions may be used to make rubber. We should look for new rubber-containing plants and enhance the ones that are currently known in an effort to make them more competitive economically so that we can increase the sources of natural rubber and prevent the risks associated with limiting production....