RUBBER BOARD
RUBBER BOARD The Rubber Board was set up under Section (4) of the Rubber Act, 1947. The Board is headed by a chairman with headquarters at Kottayam. It has five zonal offices, thirty nine regional offices, a number of field stations, Rubber Development Centers and regional nurseries. The Board is responsible for the development of the rubber industry by way of assisting and encouraging scientific, technical and economic research; supplying technical advice to rubber growers; training growers in improved methods of planting, cultivation and manuring and collecting statistics from the owners of estates, dealers, manufacturers. Its green coloured circular emblem has a rubber tree being tapped by a woman with the name in Devanagari and English.