Govt frames coverage to spice up plantation sector
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By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state authorities is aiming to strengthen the plantation sector to guard labourers by the brand new plantation coverage, mentioned T P Ramakrishnan, Minister for Labour and Excise. The cabinet gave its nod for the Plantation Policy on Thursday to reopen plantations which have been remaining shut for lengthy.
“The new policy also envisages restoring the lost glory of the plantation sector, improving living conditions of labourers by providing good remuneration and other facilities, increasing productivity of plantation crops, diversification, procurement of produces, processing, marketing, manufacturing of value-added products, and ensuring market for the crops. The new policy will also address issues in allied sectors,” he instructed reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.
The coverage was drafted paying attention to the suggestions of retired choose N Krishnan Nair Commission appointed to review issues confronted by the sector, significantly tea, rubber, cardamom and low. To handle the problems within the sector, the federal government had already scrapped the plantation tax aside from freezing assortment of agriculture earnings tax from the sector.
The seigniorage cost of Rs 2,500 levied on every rubber tree throughout its sale was additionally waived. The labour settlements in plantation sector have been exempted from the purview of constructing tax The authorities will even formulate a particular motion plan to make the plantations it controls worthwhile.
