Tappers encouraged to Kerala by new training scheme

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India - The Indian Rubber Board has set up a new training scheme to combat a shortage of tappers in the Kerala region, it said in a 31 Jan statement.

The Board has decided to launch the scheme to introduce labourers from other states to plantations in the area, the chairman VJ Kurian in a message sent to the state level inauguration of a training programme for non-Keralite tappers.

Selected workers from India and other states will be given intensive training in the Board's Tapping Schools in Kerala, and then allocated to holdings. The programme is to be implemented with the help of the Rubber Producers' Societies, Kurian said.

Under the scheme, the Rubber Board will cover all the expenses of the trainees including the journey to Kerala, and also an allowance for food and incidental expenses.

Training for the first batch of 20 students began on 31 Jan, and will continue for 30 days. It is expected that a total of 280 workers will be trained.

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Press release from Rubber Board of India