With the Assam government allowing diversion of tea land for non-tea purposes, the Rubber Board is looking to promote rubber plantation on those lands.
The board has identified Assam as the next frontier for rubber as it looks for ways to reduce rubber import bill.
“We can explore planting of rubber in the periphery of tea estates. We had a discussion with the revenue department of the state government and officials informed that the state government is working on necessary changes of allowing tea areas for no tea purpose,” K N Raghavan, executive director of Rubber Board, told media persons in Guwahati on Thursday. “Assam has over 850 tea estates,” he added.
Source Name:-Economic Times