to read Particulars of its organization, functions and duties.

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Manual . 1 (under Section 4(1) (b) (i) of RTI Act)

Chapter-2 Particulars of Organization, Functions and Duties

2.1. Objective/purpose of the public authority. The Rubber Board is a statutory body constituted by the Government of India, under the Rubber Act 1947, for the overall development of the rubber industry in the country.

2.2.1 Vision Properly grooming the Rubber industry consisting of rubber plantation, rubber processing and rubber product manufacturing sectors to face the challenges of the millennium. Achieving self sustainability in Natural Rubber production as well as producing surplus for exports and ensuring welfare of those who are engaged in the sector.

2.2.2 Mission The Mission of the Rubber Board is to achieve self sustained development of Rubber industry in India through strategic interventions for impressive growth in expansion of area, production and productivity through research and development, dissemination of the research findings, technology upgradation, modernization, quality improvement, market promotion, clean development mechanism, environment protection, human resource development, training, improving the income generation activities of small and marginal growers, as well as welfare of workers in the industry.

2.3 Brief history of the public authority and context of its formation.

Genesis of the Rubber Board Commercial cultivation of natural rubber was introduced in India by the British, although the experimental efforts to grow rubber on a commercial scale in India were initiated as early as in 1873 at the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta. The first commercial Hevea plantations in India were established at Thattekkadu in Kerala in 1902. The strategic importance of rubber production to meet security needs in India had been realized by the Government during the Second World War period. The rubber growers in India were strenuously encouraged to produce t he maximum rubber required for manufacture of items required in the prosecution of war. After the war, there were growing demands from the growers for setting up a permanent organization to look after the interests of the industry. Thereupon the Government set up an ad-hoc committee in 1945 to study the situation and to make appropriate recommendation. On the recommendation of this ad-hoc

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committee, the government passed the Rubber Act 1947, on 18th April 1947, and the “Indian Rubber Board” was constituted forthwith. The Rubber (Production and Marketing) Act, 1954, amended the name of the Board as “The Rubber Board”.

2.4. Duties and functions of the public authority. 2.4.1 Functions and duties of the Board

The functions of the Board as defined under the Rubber Act are:

1. It shall be the duty of the Board to promote by such measures as it thinks fit the development of the rubber industry.

2. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the measures referred to therein may provide for: a. undertaking, assisting or encouraging scientific, technological or

economic research. b. training students in improved methods of planting, cultivation, manuring

and spraying. c. supply of technical advice to rubber growers d. improving the marketing of

rubber. e. collection of statistics from owners of estates, dealers and manufacturers. f. securing better working conditions and the provision and improvement

of amenities and incentives to workers. g. carrying out any other duties which may be vested with the Board as per

rules made under this Act. 3. It shall also be the duty of the Board:

a. to advise the Central Government on all matters relating to the development of the rubber industry, including the import and export of rubber.

b. to advise the Central Government with regard to participation in any international conference or scheme relating to rubber.

c. to submit to the Central Government and such other authorities as may be prescribed, half yearly reports on its activities and the working of the Act, and

d. to prepare and furnish such other reports relating to the rubber industry as may be required by the Central Government from time to time.

2.4.2 Duties and functions of departments Duties and functions of various Departments of the Board are given below.

1. RUBBER PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

The Department, headed by the Rubber Production Commissioner is responsible for planning, formulation and implementation of schemes for improvement and expansion of rubber cultivation and production. Extension/advisory service, supplies of inputs, demonstration and training for small growers etc. are also undertaken by the RP Department.

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The important development schemes and activities undertaken through the Department are the following:

1. Rubber Plantation Development Scheme. 2. Production and distribut ion of improved planting materials. 3. Advisory and extension services to growers. 4. Demonstration of scientific planting and production. 5. Supplies of equipment and materials requiring popularization. 6. Identification of non-traditional areas suitable for rubber cultivation and

planning and undertaking activities for its promotion in such areas. 7. Schemes for improve ment of quality of small holders of rubber estates. 8. Block planting, group planting etc. for promotion of rubber among

members of scheduled caste/scheduled tribe. 9. Promotion of Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Rubber Producers’ Societie s

(RPSs) among small growers. 10. Training of tappers and growers 11. Arranging insurance cover for Rubber estates. 12. Promotion of Rubber cultivation among Scheduled caste / Scheduled Tribe

(SC/ST) through Block planting, Group planting schemes

The central office of the Department functions at the Board’s head office in

Kottayam. The field services are rendered through central office, four Zonal Offices (2

in Kerala and 2 in NE region), thirty nine Regional Offices, one hundred and sixty six Field

Stations, four District Development Centres, two Nucleus Rubber Estate cum Training Centre

(NRETC), ten Regional Nurseries, one Central Nursery, and eighteen Tappers’ Training

Schools located at different rubber growing regions (15 in Traditional & Non Traditional

areas and 3 in the North East region).

JURISDICTION OF RUBBER BOARD REGIONAL OFFICES

1. TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL AREA.

SI. No.

Name of RO Jurisdiction details

1 Marthandom Kanyakumari, Thirunelveli(except Chenkotta Taluk and Madhurai Districts of Tamilnadu State.

2 Thiruvananthapuram Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram and Chirayankeezhu taluks of Thiruvananthapuram Dist in Kerala State.

3 Nedumangad Nedumangad taluk of Thiruvananthapuram Dt. 4 Kottarakkara Kollam and Kottarakkara taluks of Kollam Dt. 5 Punalur Pathanapuram taluk of Kollam Dt (Kerala State) and

Chenkota taluk of Thirunelveli Dt in Tamil Nadu State. 6 Adoor Adoor taluk of Pathanamthitta Dt, Kunnathur and

Karunagappally taluks of Kollam Dt and Mavelikkara and Chengannoor taluks of Alapuzha Dt.

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7. Pathanamthitta Ranni and Kozhencherry taluks of Pathanamthitta Dt 8 Changanacherry Changanacherry taluk of Kottayam Dt, Mallappally and

Thiruvalla taluks of Pathanamthitta Dt and Cherthala, Ambalapuzha and Kuttanad taluks of Alapuzha Dt.

9 Kottayam Kottayam and Vaikom taluks of Kottayam Dt. 10 Pala Meenachil taluk (except Kondoor, Erattupetta,

Thalappulam, Melukavu Moonnilavu, Teekoy, Poonjar south, middle & north villages) of Kottayam Dt.

11 Erattupetta Kondoor; Erattupetta, Thalappulam, Melukavu, Moonnilavu, Teekoy, Poonjar South, middle & north villages of Meenachil taluk in Kottayam Dt:

12 Kanjirappally Kanjirappally taluk in Kottayam Dt and Peerumedu taluk in Idukki Dt.

13 Thodupuzha Thodupuzha, and Udumbanchola taluks of Idukki Dt 14 Muvattupuzha Muvattupuzha taluk of Ernakulam Dt 15 Kothamangalam Kothamangalam and Kunnathunadu (part only)

taluks of Ernakulam Dt and Devikulam taluk of Idukki Dt.

16 Ernakulam Kana yannoor, Aluva, Paravur and Kunnathunadu (part only) taluks of Ernakulam Dt.

17 Thrissur Thrissur, Mukundapuram, Kodungalloor,Thalappilly and Chavakkad taluks of Thrissur Dt

18 Palakkad Palakkad , Alathur, Chittoor, Ottappalam (part) taluks of Palakkad Dt

19 Mannarkkad Mannarkkad and Ottappalam (part) taluks of Palakkad Dt

20 Manjeri Eranadu, Perinthalmanna, Tirur, Thirurangadi, Ponnani and Nilambur (part) taluks of Malappuram Dt

21 Nilambur Nilambur (major part), Eranadu (part-Edamanna village only) taluks of Malappuram Dt and Gudalur Dt of TN State

22 Kozhikkode Kozhikode, Vadakara and Koilandi taluks of Kozhikode Dt and Vaithiri and Sulthan Bathery taluks of Wynad Dt

23 Thalassery Thalassery taluk of Kannur Dt and Mananthavady taluk of Wynad Dt

24 Thaliparamba Thaliparamba (part) and Kannur taluks of Kannur Dt 25 Sreekandapuram Thaliparamba (part) taluk of Kannur Dt 26 Kanhangad Kasaragod and Hosdurg taluks of Kasaragod Dt 27 Mangalore Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Mysore, Mandya,

Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Dts and Karkala taluk of Uduppi Dt in Karnataka State.

28 Kundapura Udupi (except Karkala taluk), Chickmangalur, Shimoga, Uttar Kannada, Dharwad Dts in Karnataka State

29 Goa Goa and Maharashtra States 30 Rampachodavaram Andhra Pradesh State and South West portion of

Orissa State 31 Baripada Orissa State(except South-west portion) and Jharkand

State.

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2. NORTH-EASTERN REGION.

Sl No.

N ame of RO Jurisdiction details

1 Agartala West Tripura District of Tripura State

2 Udaipur South Tripura District of Tripura State

3 Dharmanagar North Tripura and Dhalai Districts of Tripura State

4 Silchar Karimganj, Cachar, Hailakandi and N.C. Hil ls Districts of Assam State and the entire states of Manipur and Mizoram.

5 Dimapur Dimapur, Peren and Wokha (part) Districts of Nagaland State.

6 Tura Entire state of Meghalaya except West and East Garo Hills, Ri- Bhoi, West and East Khasi Hills Distr icts.

7 Jorhat Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivsagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji Districts of Assam state. Mokokchung, Wokha (part), Mon and Twensang Districts of Nagaland State and the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh.

8 Guwahati Kok rajar, Dhubri, Golpara, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup, Tarang, Marigaon, Nagaon, Chirang, Udalpuri, Baksa and Karbi- Aanglong Districts of Assam state. Koch- Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeiling, North Dinajpur, Balurghat, Maldah and South Dinajpur Districts of West Bengal state , West Garo Hills (Baliguri area), East Garo Hills,(North eastern parts) Ri- Bhoi, West Khasi Hills and East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya State.

2. ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

The Administration Department consists of the following Sections and Divisions: 1. Establishment Division

i. Board Secretariat ii.General Administration

a. Canteen services b. Security services c. Assistant Estate Officer d. Foreman (Auto)

iii. Personnel Administration iv. Entitlement, v. CCR

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2. Accounts 3. Labour Welfare Section 4. Legal Section 5. Hindi Section

Divisions under the direct control of Chairman 6. Publicity and Public Relation. 7. Vigilance division

The Administration Department is functioning under the direct charge of Secretary and is responsible for the overall administration of the Board.

The Labour Welfare division functioning under the administration Department looks after the welfare of the workers in the plantation sector and implements various labour welfare schemes.

3. RESEARCH DEPARTMENT

The Research Department, (Rubber Research Institute of India) is headed by the Director of Research. The Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) established in 1955 is located on a hillock in the eastern suburb of Kottayam, eight kilometers from the town.

3.1 Organisational Set up of RRII and Regional Stations

Group wise and division wise organizational set up are as follows.

Group Division Division Head Group Head Crop Improvement Botany Dy. Director

(Botany) Joint Director (Crop Improvement)

Germplasm Dy. Director (Germplasm)

Biotechnology Dy. Director (Biotechnology)

Genome Analysis Lab

Sr. Scientist (Genome Analysis)

HBSS (Paraliar & Nettana)

OIC/Sr. Scientist

Crop Management Agronomy/Soils Dy. Director (Agronomy/Soils)

Joint Director (Crop Management)

Fertilizer Advisory Unit

Soil Chemist (Scientist D) Regional

Laboratories Crop Physiology Plant Physiology Dy. Director (Crop

Physiology) Joint Director (Crop

Physiology) Latex Diagnosis Sr. Scientist

(Biochemistry) Crop Protection Plant Pathology Dy. Director

(Pathology) Joint Director (Crop

Protection) Agrometeorology RRII Farm AES / AFS

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Latex Harvest Technology

LHT Sr. Scientist (LHT)

Joint Director (LHT) RIT Pampady

Advanced Centre for Rubber Technology

Rubber Technology Dy. Director (Rubber Technology)

Joint Director (Rubber Technology)

Technical Consultancy

Dy. Director (TC)

PCRF & RVNRL Officer-in-Charge Economic Research Economic Research Dy. Director

(Economics) Joint Director (Economics)

North East Research Complex

RRS, Agartala Dy. Director Project Co-ordinator

(NE) RRS, Tura Dy. Director RRS, Guwahati Dy. Director RES, Nagrakata Sr. Scientist

Project Monitoring Instrumentation Instrumentation Engineer

Joint Director (Project Monitoring)

CES Chethackal Dy. Director (Regional Stations)

Maintenance Estate Officer Regional Research Stations

Regional Stations (Padiyoor, Dapchari & Dhenkanal)

Sr. Scientist / Officer-in-Charge

Dy. Director (Regional Stations)

Library Documentation Officer

Under direct charge of Director (Research)

Statistics and Computer

Asst. Director (Statistics) / Asst. Director (Systems)

Administration Dy. Secretary (Admn) Accounts Dy. Director

(Finance)

3.1.1 ADVANCED CENTRE FOR RUBBER TECHNOLOGY includes Rubber Technology Division

Technical Consultancy Division

Pilot Crumb Rubber Factory

Radiation Vulcanization Plant

3.1.2 Technical Consultancy Division The Division assists in the setting up of small scale product manufacturing units by providing:

project profiles on various rubber goods. technical bulletins on manufacturing techniques. detailed project reports for obtaining institutional finance. market survey reports.

The Division also renders support to the industry for: testing of rubber compounds/products as per national/ international

standards. developing new products. solving production problems by visits to rubber units.

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providing assistance for export. providing assistance for quality upgradation and cost reduction of rubber

products. 3.2 RESEARCH SCHEMES – PROJECTS AND THRUST AREAS

A. GENERAL RESEARCH PRIORITIES are: ♦ Improvement in production and productivity through :

Evolving and introducing location specific high yielding clones Molecular biology and genetic engineering

♦ Integrated approaches to reduce cost of production and improve quality competitiveness through:

♦ Efficient field management systems to reduce immaturity period. ♦ Introducing appropriate rubber based farming systems in different agroclimatic

regions. ♦ Exploitation systems to reduce tapping cost.

Optimization of plant protection schedules. Molecular approaches in plant disease control.

♦ Use of alternative sources of energy for processing. ♦ On-farm and shop- floor protocols to improve quality of processed

rubber. Studies on modification of NR and on polymer blends. ♦ Research support for extension of rubber cultivation to non-traditional areas

by: Selection and breeding of location specific clones. ♦ Perfecting nutrient management and exploitation schedules. ♦ Designing rubber based systems integrating region specific socioeconomic

aspects. Investigating all aspects of post-harvest technology, product development and marketing.

B. MAJOR RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS

♦ Instrumental in achieving high productivity by India. ♦ Breeding and release of RRII 105, the outstanding rubber clone ♦ Release of two more clones, RRII 414 and RRII 430 which have very high

yield potential. ♦ Agrotechnology for rubber production in non-traditional

areas. Development of transgenic plants through genetic engineering. Plant protection systems for all diseases.

♦ Management of major pests of rubber and allied crops. Location specific and clone specific exploitation systems.

♦ Development of Diagnosis and of Integrated fertilizer recommendation system. ♦ Agromanagement techniques and rubber based farming systems for

sustainable agriculture.

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♦ Expertise in ancillary products like rubber wood, honey, rubber seed oil, etc. ♦ Pilot plant for production of epoxidised NR and development of other

modified forms.

♦ Formulations and processes for different rubber products. Alternative coagulants for latex and improved drying systems. Semiautomatic cleaning machine for low grade sheet rubber.

♦ More than two thousand research papers published in leading national and international scientific journals.

3.3 NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

RRII is a member of the International Rubber Research and Development Board (IRRDB), an association of national organizations devoted to research and deve lopment on natural rubber. Rubber Board is a member of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)

3.4 RRII RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP SCHEMES

Eight Research Fellows are selected for eight new research projects

3.5 INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY AND TRAINING

Over the years, RRII has rendered advanced training for scientists from China, Germany, France, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Malaysia, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The IRRDB has recognized this Institute as a centre of excellence in Plant Physiology. Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) has recognized Plant Pathology Division as centre for international training on Corynespora leaf disease management.

4. PROCESSING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Headed by the Director (P&PD), the Department has six divisions, viz. Engineering, Factory Management, Processing & Quality Control, Rubber Processing & Market Development, Administration and Finance & Accounts. The first three functions under Joint Directors.

Major activities of the Department are as follows: ♦ Providing technical and engineering support to growers, processors, exporters

and entrepreneurs in setting up / expansion/ modernization of Rubber and Rubber wood processing factories.

♦ Providing demonstration, training and testing facilities to Rubber and Rubber wood processors in processing, value addition, testing, quality control, operation and environmental protection.

♦ Technical and engineering support to the factories set up under KADP (Kerala Agricultural Development Project), RPSS, RPS sector companies and factories promoted / owned by Rubber Board.

♦ Implementation of various schemes to strengthen the processing and

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marketing of Rubber produced in India including export with emphasis on small holdings.

♦ Implementation of various schemes for development of Rubber wood processing in India through quality improvement, value addition, cost competitiveness and promotion campaigns.

♦ Energy conservation measures in Rubber and Rubber wood processing and energy generation from waste to reduce Green House gas emissions.

♦ Quality control of Rubber produced in India, imported and exported. ♦ Advising L&ED Department of the Board in issuing / renewal of Processors ♦ Licence under the Rubber Rules.

Execution of works of the Board. ♦ Implementatio n of various Plan and Non plan schemes.

The Department has the following Divisions:

1. Engineering (including a Civil Engineering unit & Rubber Wood Testing Laboratory), Factory Management,

2. Processing & Quality Control, 3. Rubber Processing & Market

Development, Finance & Accounts, and

4. Administration section

4.1 Engineering Division

The following services are provided by the Division 1. Technical assistance for the operation of the block rubber factories. 2. Engineering services for establishment /expansion of rubber/rubber wood

processing and rubber goods manufacturing units in different sectors, plantations and private limited companies promoted by the Rubber Board and Rubber Producers’ Societies including quality improvement, cost reduction, value addition and strengthening environmental protection systems.

3. Promoting gasifiers among block rubber processors to reduce Green House Gas emissions.

4. Promoting units for value addition of processed rubber wood through Women Self Help Groups under RPSs.

5. Promotion of rubber wood as an eco- friendly material for furniture and interiors in the domestic and international markets.

6. Implementation of various schemes for quality improvement and value addition of Technically specified rubber and rubber wood.

7. Managing the Rubber Wood Testing Laboratory 8. Carrying out electrical and mechanical works of the Board. 9. Advising on repair and maintenance of the vehicles of the Board.

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4.2 Factory Management Division

The division is undertaking research and development, demonstra tion and training activities connected with modern methods of processing of natural rubber.

4.3 Processing & Quality Control Division

The Division is engaged in the operation of Central Laboratory established under KADP for providing analytical services and technical advice to natural rubber processors and for implementing the scheme for ISI marking of latex concentrates and block rubber in collaboration with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

Testing of raw rubber, latex, rubber compounding chemicals, fertilizers, drinking water, factory effluents etc are carried out on charged basis.

Quality certification of imported natural rubber and rubber exported out of India

are also done by the division.

4.4 Rubber Processing & Market Development Division The Division undertakes the following activities

1. Implementing schemes for financial assistance to RPSs, co-operative societies and companies jointly promoted by RPSs and the Board to strengthen marketing of Rubber and estate inputs and establishment of infrastructure for marketing.

2. Organizing training and extension activities in the area of rubber processing for growers, RPSs, processing companies and co-operative societies for quality upgradation.

3. Providing training in grading and grading support. 4. Providing technical assistance to processing and trading companies for latex

and sheet collection. 5. Conducting export quality inspections of sheet Rubber and issue of

Quality Certificates . 6. Conducting site inspections of processing units for the issue / renewal of

P- Licence 7. Nomination of the officers of the Board to the Board of Directors of the

co- operatives. 8. Coordinating and conducting various types of market studies and studies with

respect to processing, quality control, requirement of different types / grades on NR consuming industry.

9. Studies on dehumidified godown for storage of NR. 10. Undertake R & D work in collaboration with Factory Management Division,

in production of TSR and other forms of processed Rubber and for developing tailor made rubbers.

4.5 Training Activities

9. Coordinating the activities of the companies jointly promoted by the Rubber Board

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4.5.1 Analytical Training

The Division provides one year training to chemistry graduates in testing of raw rubber, latex, chemicals used in plant protection, rubber processing and product manufacture, chemical fertilizers, organic manures, waste water from industries and drinking water in line with the respective Indian Standards. A stipend is paid to the trainees.

4.5.2 Other training programmes

The Division also provides practical training in collaboration with the training Department for personal from industry in the areas of laboratory work, B. Tech and M. Tech students from Universities in Polymer Technology, etc.

Officers of the Department also function as resource personnel in the training programmes organized by the Training Department of the Board as well as training in rubber product manufacture organized by the Dept. of Industries, Govt. of Kerala.

5. FINANCE & ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT

The Finance & Accounts Department is headed by the Director (Finance). The Finance & Accounts Department is concerned with designing and operating

the Accounting system, preparing budget, financial statements and reports, exercising budgetary control, effective Funds Management, establishment and maintaining systems and procedures, overseeing internal audit and arranging for Statutory audit, advising on financial propriety and regularity of transactions, supervising computer applications, overseeing cost control, evaluation of projects/schemes, handling tax matters etc. The Department has to look after the following activities.

1. Preparation of Annual Budget, Performance Budget, Foreign Travel Budget etc. 2. Review and Revision of budget under Zero Based Budgeting and exercising budgetary

control. 3. Maintenance of the accounts of the Board, preparation of Annual Accounts and

Balance Sheet, presentatio n of the accounts for audit to the Principal Accountant General, (Audit) Kerala and the audited accounts to the Rubber Board/Ministry/Parliament.

4. Placing demands for grants from Government from time to time, receiving funds from Government and ensuring its optimum utilization.

5. Advising on financial propriety and regularity of transactions and regulating payments. 6. Assisting the Cost Accounts Branch of the Ministry of Finance in ascertaining the cost

of production and in fixing price of Natural Rubber. 7. Preparation of financial statements for project reports and schemes. 8. Dealing with tax matters relating to the activities of the Board, such as Rubber Cess,

Central Income Tax, Agricultural Income Tax and Sales Tax/ VAT, Service Tax, Customs duty etc.

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and RPSs. 10. Computerized Data Processing in the field of financial accounting, pay roll etc. 11. Drawal and disbursement of salary and other entitlements of the employees of the

Board based on the orders issued by Government of India from time to time. 12. Management of Rubber Board Pension Fund, Contributory Pension Fund, Defined

Contribution Pension Scheme, General Provident Fund, Group Insurance Fund etc and regulating disbursements there from.

13. Implementation of the Scheme of Computerization and Networking of all departments of the Board.

The Cost Accounts division of the Finance & Accounts department collects, and analyze and update cost data.

The Internal Audit Division is under the charge of a Dy Director Finance and functions under the Finance & Accounts department. The main functions of the Internal Audit Division include inspection/internal audit of various offices/establishments of the Board etc. The inspection reports are furnished directly to the Chairman.

The Department has the following Divisions attached to various Departments of the Board as given below.

1. Finance & Accounts Division (Administration Department) 2. ,, (Research Dept.) 3. ,, (Rubber Production Dept.) 4. ,, (Processing & Product Development Dept) 5. Accounts Unit (Training Department.) 6. “ (L&ED Department.) 7. Cost Accounts Division 8. Central Accounts Unit (CAU) 9. Electronic Data Processing Division

6. TRAINING DEPARTMENT

The Department of Training is headed by the Director (Training). The department has a Rubber Training Institute (RTI) located near Puthuppally, 8 km

east of Kottayam in Kerala which started functioning from July 2000 onwards. The RTI conducts training programmes for the development of rubber plantation, rubber processing and rubber product manufacturing sectors of the country and arranges International Training Programmes as and when required. The RTI also arranges training for the employees of the Board and Outstation Training Programmes at RPS Centres. The Institute is housed in a building adjacent to Rubber Research Institute of India and has got training halls equipped with all modern facilities, canteen, hostel, museum, demonstration laboratories et c . The in s t it u te imp a r t s about 60 d i f f er en t training programmes. The Rubber Training Institute has a core faculty t o conduct the training programmes. They are supported by a faculty bank of nearly 150 qualified and experienced scientists, te chnical personnel and engineers who work in other departments of the Rubber Board. Faculty support from other institutions are also utilized.

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Objectives of the Rubber Training Institute

Update the technical and managerial competitiveness of the Rubber growers and Rubber plantation workers.

Impart suitable training to rubber processors and rubber products manufacturers so as to achieve better quality and competitiveness.

Update the technical and managerial, competitiveness of Rubber

Producers’ Societies (RPS) and Rubber Marketing Co-operative Societies.

Develop the required aptitude and managerial skills of the Board’s employees

Conduct international training programmes. Major target groups for training

* Farmers * Students * Women * Person from North Eastern Region * Rubber Producers' Societies * Rubber Processors * Rubber Dealers * Rubber Marketing Societies * Rubber Products Manufacturers * Quality Control Managers * Entrepreneurs * Exporters * Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribe * Overseas Participants * Employees of the Rubber Board

7. STATISTICS & PLANNING DEPARTMENT

Collection of Statistics is one of the basic functions of the Rubber Board vide Sections 8(2) (e) and 8(3) of Rubber Act 1947. The Statistics & Planning Department monitors data on supply, demand, stock and price of rubber.

Joint Director is the head of the S & P Department and controls the Statistical Division at the head office. There are two Statistical Units, one at the RRII and one in the Planning Department. The main functions of S & P Department are listed below:

1) Collection, compilation, interpretation and disse mination of rubber statistics collected from growers, dealers, processors and manufacturers.

2) Forecast of production, consumption and stock of rubber. 3) Supply of statistics to Government and other organizations connected with the

industry. 4) Supply of statistics and other connected information to International Rubber Study

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Group, Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries etc and monitor the developments in the international rubber field.

5) Periodical review of supply and demand position of rubber and providing such information to the Statistics & Import / Export Committee, Rubber Board and Government for taking policy decisions.

6) Preparation of price data and related information relating to India and other major international market centers.

7) Conducting sample survey to assess monthly stock and production of natural rubber.

8) Conducting periodical surveys as and when required. 9) Organizing and conducting census of rubber plantations, compiling results and

computing up-to-date statistics of area under rubber cultivation. 10) Collection of rubber statistics from all rubber producing-consuming countries

using the information services provided by ANRPC, IRSG, World Bank, UNCTAD, CFS etc and maintenance of up to date database of the same.

8. LICENSING & EXCISE DUTY DEPARTMENT

The Licensing & Excise Duty Department is headed by the Director (L & ED). All transactions in natural rubber produced in India are regulated under various

licences issued by the Board as per provisions under the Rubber Act 1947 and the Rubber Rules 1955. The natural rubber produced in the country is leviable with a duty of excise (cess), which forms the prime source for financial grant to the Board to meet its expenditure. The functions of licensing, assessment & collection and enforcement are entrusted with the Department of Licensing and Excise Duty. The department has three major divisions namely Licensing, Excise Duty and Revenue Intelligence and 9 sub- offices situated in major rubber consuming centers outside Kerala and three check posts and five squads.

Excise duty and Revenue Intelligence division functions at Head office, Kottayam. The Licensing Division functions at Kochi.

Excise duty division

The excise duty division functions at head office. Assessment and collection of cess on rubber and its remittance to the consolidated fund of India are the major functions of the excise duty division. This division functions under the Deputy Director, Excise Duty.

As per section 12 of Rubber Act, Natural Rubber produced in India is liable to a duty of excise referred to as ‘cess’. Cess leviable is Rs. 2/- per Kg with effect from 1-9-2011.

Interstate movement of Rubber is controlled through N forms. This form is to be used by dealers, manufacturers, and estates wherever they transport Rubber form one state to another. These forms are supplied by the Board at a price of Rs. 20/- per book containing five sets. It will also be issued as single set at price of Rs. 4/- per set. *….. Revenue Intelligence Division

The enforcement wing of the department, the revenue intelligence division ensures

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that there is no loss of revenue legitimately due to the Government through inspection squads and check posts. This division functions under the Deputy Director, Excise Duty.

Licensing Division The Licensing Division issue the following Licences. Licence to deal in rubber: ( Dealers` Licence ) General Licence Special Licence to deal in Rubber. Processors’ License Manufacturers’ License

Licence fee

The rates of licence fee for a year or part of a year as per Rule 45 of Rubber Rules and processing charges are as follows.

Sl No Type of transaction Rs. per licence

1 For purchasing Rubber exceeding 150 pounds (68Kg) but not exceeding 4 Tonnes

113/- (Lic. fee Rs. 100 + Ser. tax Rs. 13)

2. For purchasing Rubber exceeding 4 Tonnes 281 (Lic. fee Rs.250+Ser. Tax Rs.31)

3 For license to dealers 281 (Lic. fee Rs.250+Ser. Tax Rs.31)

4 For license to a manufacturer holding a valid license to another manufacturer holding a valid license in emergencies

100 (Lic. fee Rs. 100 + Ser. tax Rs. 13)

5 For license to acquire rubber for processing and to sell rubber so acquired.

281 (Lic. fee Rs.250+Ser. Tax Rs.31)

Jurisdiction of Sub Offices are given below.

Name of sub office Places of jurisdiction New Delhi States of Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan

Dists. of Noida, Gaziabad, Bulandshahar, Madura, Agra, Saharanpur and Musaffarnagar of U.P, Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh of Uttaranjal State.

Calcutta States of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkand, Orissa and 7 North Eastern States viz Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Mumbai States of Maharashtra and Goa, U.T of Daman & Due, Valsad District of Gujarat.

Chennai State of Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry Jalandhar State of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Union Territory of

Chandigarh

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Ahamedabad State of Gujarat except Valsad Dist., Western parts of M.P viz Dist. Mandsaur, Ratlam, Ujjain, Dhar, Jahgna, Indore, West Nimana & Dewar

Kanpur State of U.P, except Western U.P/which belonged to Delhi Office, States of MP except western M.P which belonged to Ahammedbad Office, Uttarangal except Deharadon, Haridwar & Rishikesh and Chattisgarh

Secunderabad State of Andra Pradesh

Bangalore Stae of Karnataka

Kerala i. Inspector (ED)

ii Asst. Director (E)

Dist. (Northern Kerala) Thrissur, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Wynad, Kasaragodu, Palghat, Kannur.

Dist. (South)- Ernakulam, Kottayam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Alapuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta.

9. MARKET PROMOTION DEPARTMENT

The Department functions directly under the control of the Chairman and has three

divisions. 1. Export Promotion Cell

The Board as an Export Promotion Council (EPC) extends support to NR export. It issues Registration-cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC) to all intending exporters and Certificate of Origin (COO) for exportable rubber. Besides, the Board extends the following services to exporters.

• Furnishes market information in target countries. • Organizes training in export formalities and procedures. • Provides international publicity about India’s export potential. • Provides on-line information and e-com service. • Sponsors trade delegations for international fairs and organizes buyer seller meets. • Maintains website (www.rubberexport.com) exclusively for NR export.

2 Market Intelligence Cell.

The most important item of work assigned to the Market Intelligence cell are collection, compilation and dissemination of natural rubber prices. The Daily prices of RSS-4 and RSS-5 grades of sheet rubber at Kottayam and Kochi are collected, compiled and reported to the news agencies and press for publication and also furnished to the Ministry of Commerce and other offices on a daily basis. Prices of ISNR 20 and 60% concentrated latex are also similarly published. The prices of scrap rubber are published biweekly. Weekly prices of all grades of Sheet Rubber, Pale latex crepe, ISNR20, 60% latex are also compiled. The Cell also collects Singapore Commodity Exchange(SICOM) Natural Rubber price and publishes prices of various grades of rubber as international Rubber price daily. The price data – both domestic and international – have been made available to the public in Interactive Voice Response System through telephone and the Rubber Board website daily.

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The following activities are also performed by the Market Intelligence Cell:

i. Publishing Directory of Rubber Goods Manufacturers in India. ii) Conducting Meetings:

The cell convened meetings of stakeholders of rubber to discuss on matters related to rubber price, futures trading in natural rubber etc.

iii) Other Activities: Spec ific reports on NR price, futures trading marketing of NR, etc. were prepared and published by the cell. MI cell is also responding to the enquiries on matters related to rubber price, futures trade, marketing of NR, etc.

3. Domestic Promotion Cell

The functions of the department are (a) collection, compilation and dissemination of rubber prices and natural

rubber subsidy, (b) monitor, co-ordinate and provide follow up and liaison for export of natural

rubber. 4. Registration Cum- Membership Certificate (RCMC):

Rubber Board has been designated as the Export Promotion Council (EPC) to issue RCMC in the case of export of Natural Rubber. An Exporter may, on application, register and become member of an EPC. Given the membership, the applicant shall be granted forthwith Registration-Cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC) of the EPC concerned. Only registered exporters having valid RCMC will qualify for the benefits provided in the Exim Policy.

5. Certificate of Origin

The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is a system under which Indian Goods receive preferential tariff treatment upon import into developed markets such as Member States of European Union, USA, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, Russia etc. To avail these tariff preference a Certificate of Origin from the exporting country is required. The Rubber Board is authorized as the designated agency to issue Certificate of Origin (Non-Preferential) required for the export of Natural Rubber. The certificate is issued by the Export Promotion Cell of the Market Promotion Department.

2.4.3 Divisions functioning directly under the Chairman

A. Publicity & Public Relations Division The functions of the P & PR Division headed by the Dy Director cover a wide

range of publicity and public relations activities, the most important of which are: i) Overall public relations and image building activities of the Rubber Board.

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ii) Transfer of knowledge, dissemination of information and diffusion of innovation of rubber planting community and rubber goods manufacturing industry all over the country, utilizing all the available channels of communication including mass media, electronic media, print media etc.

iii) editing, printing, publishing and distribution of bulletins, booklets, leaflets etc. as a communication support to the development of rubber plantation industry.

iv) arranging conferences, meetings and seminars to educate the growers on new developments in rubber cultivation, and

v) involving external agencies including social and voluntary agencies in rubber development activities.

B. Planning Division

The Planning Division, headed by Assistant Director (S & P), functions under the direct administrative control of the Chairman. The key functions of the division are:

i. Formulation of perspective development plans for natural rubber and monitoring of plan schemes.

ii. Surveillance on export- import policies, customs tariffs and the issues relating to World Trade Organization (WTO) and regional/bilateral/Free Trade Agreements (RTAs and FTAs) which have potential implications on Indian rubber sector.

iii. Preparation of pre-budget and post-budget proposals, with regard to rubber sector, for the consideration of the Government of India.

iv. Preparation of Country Report of India and co-ordination of India’s participation in various meetings of Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) and Common Fund for Commodities (CFC).

v. Collection of rubber statistics of all counties other than India and maintenance of database on world rubber industry and global economy.

vi. Analysis of the domestic and global rubber scenario and preparation of Commodity Review.

C. Vigilance Division

In order to maintain purity in public service and to implement the anti-corruption measures, the Board has a Vigilance Division headed by a Vigilance Officer who looks into the preventive, detective and punitive aspects of vigilance. The Division also deals with complaints against the staff of the Board apart from conducting surprise checks/inspections of the Board’s offices.

D. Internal Audit

The Internal Audit Wing headed by a Dy Director is the instrument of control in the hands of Chairman to know the conditions of working of different

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departments/divisions etc. and to set matters right. It also assists the departments by furnishing with analysis, appraisal, recommendations and comments. It also undertakes liaison with Principal Accountant General’s office in Kerala.

2.5 Main activities / functions of the Rubber Board

The Board undertakes the following activities i. Providing subsidy for new planting and replanting

ii. Providing advisory and extension services to the growers, Rubber Producers Societies, etc.

iii. Supplying technical advice to rubber growers; iv. Training students in improved methods of planting, cultivation, manuring and

spraying; v. Improving the marketing of rubber vi. Collection of statistics from owners of estates, dealers and manufacturers and

dissemination of knowledge vii. undertaking, assisting or encouraging scientific, technological and economic

research; viii. securing better working conditions and the provisions and improvement of

amenities and incentives for workers; ix. carrying out any other duties which may be vested in the Board under rules made

under this Act; x. submit to the Central Governme nt and such other authorities, as may be prescribed,

half- yearly reports on its activities and the working of Rubber Act; xi. advising the Central Government on all matters relating to the development of the

rubber industry, including the import and export of rubber;

2.6 List of services being provided by the public authority

The services provided by the various Departments of the Board are as follows.

2.6.1 Rubber Production Department

ADVISORY AND EXTENSION SERVICES

There is a well structured field establishment set up under the Rubber Production Department which renders free advisory and extension services to rubber growers on all aspects of rubber cultivation, production, processing and marketing and simultaneously attends to implementation of various development schemes as well. The set up comprises four Zonal Offices, 39 Regional Offices and 166 Field Offices located at all important rubber growing centres.

a. Advisory Visits to Holdings

Technical officers posted at the above offices extend their free services to growers through visits to their holdings. The growers can also call on them at their offices and seek help or obtain information through correspondence. Senior officers of Rubber Production Department’s central office also visit estates and holdings whenever needed and give

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necessary advice and other help. Similarly, scientists / technical officers of RRII and technical officers of P&PD department also render their services as and when needed.

b. Group Meetings, Seminars etc.

Though inter-personal interaction is the most effective approach for advisory and extension services, it is not always practicable, considering the large size of growers’ populatio n numbering more than nine lakh. Therefore, the Board has adopted the group approach to obtain the widest possible reach with fair efficiency. The specific means adopted are village level group meetings, seminars, study classes, demonstrations and exhibitions. These are organized either direct ly or under the auspices of co-operatives or other interested organizations. In this regard Rubber Producers’ Societies (RPS), the grass root level organization of rubber small growers play a very prominent role as agencies bringing together the Board and the growers for effective two-way communication and follow up services.

Audio Visual aids such as public address system, television, video cassette player, overhead projector, slide projector etc are utilized in all group meetings and seminars. The department also has been effectively utilizing farmer resource persons in the various seminars and meetings in a bid to promote farmer led extensions.

c. Campaign Meetings

The Board is regularly adopting once every year a campaign approach for taking

across to growers selected extension messages of topical importance. The campaign meetings, which are meant to benefit small groups, are organized in association with RPS and held in real small holding locales simultaneously at scores of centres every day continuously for about a month. These campaigns help to create a widespread awareness of the subject matter dealt with and quick and extensive adoption of the innovations sought to be popularized, besides helping in obtaining first hand information on the problems and issues faced by the small growers which contributes immensely in promoting R & D activities.

d. Training and demonstration.

i. There are 18 Tappers Training Schools run by the Board at different plantation centres for imparting training to small growers and their workers in tapping, processing of Rubber into Ribbed Smoked Sheet (RSS), tapping panel protection, stimulation and rain- guarding. The course is for a duration of 30 working days. Trainee intake is 20 per course. Trainees get a stipend of Rs. 75/ per day.

ii. Apart from the conventional tappers training schools, Board is implementing short term intensive training course for eight working days in scientific

methods of tapping, processing, rain- guarding and stimulation. Trainees are eligible for a stipend of Rs. 75/- per day.

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iii. Rubber tapping demonstrator attached to the Regional Office also visits plantations and demonstrate to growers and tappers the scientific method of tapping. Their services are free of charge and can be requisitioned whenever needed.

2.6.2 DEPT. OF PROCESSING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Processing & Q uality Control (P&QC) Division of the Department offers the following services to natural rubber processors.

Assistance in design and lay out of latex centrifuging, creaming and block rubber processing factories. Technical assis tance for maintaining/upgrading quality of produce. Technical assistance for reducing process wastage and cost of production. Suggest process modifications to meet specific requirements of consumer. Design of cost effective and efficient effluent treatment plants. Technical assistance in cases of trouble shooting.

a. RUBBER WOOD TESTING LABORATORY

To improve the quality and acceptability of rubber wood and its products, the Rubber Wood Testing Laboratory was started in August 2000. It is functioning under the Dept. of Processing & Product Development in the Rubber and Rubber wood Demonstration and Training Centre (RRDTC), Manganam about 6 km from the Rubber Board Head Quarters.

The laboratory provides testing and technical services to the rubber wood processing industry in the country.

Major Functions of the Laboratory

Provide testing & quality control facilities, technical advice and training to the rubber

wood processing industry. Conduct research and developmental activities and promoting use of rubber wood.

Major tests

Physical tests:

Moisture content, Shrinkage, Density, Abrasion.

Mechanical tests: Static bending, Compressive strength, Tensile strength,

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Nail & Screw holding power, Shear strength, Hardness

Tests on glue joint: Block shear strength test, Tests on Finger joints

Chemical tests: Retention of preservatives in wood treated with Boric acid: Borax /CCA /CCB Purity of preservative chemicals Spot Tests (colour tests) for Boron, copper, arsenic, chromium and PCP

Biological tests:

Identification of species, Grave yard test

Performance tests o n paneled solid door shutters

Major Instruments Universal Testing Machine (Shimadzu), Microscope and Image Analyser System (Image Proplus, USA),

Abrasion/ Scratch/ Shear Tester (Taber Industries, USA) Door testing facility

Fore more information, please contact

The Director (P &PD), Wood Technologist / Laboratory Manager Rubber Board, Rubber wood Testing Laboratory, Kottayam-686 009, Kerala Manganam P.O, Kottayam-686 018 Ph: 0481-235 2663 Kerala

Fax: 0481 -235 3324 Ph:0481-2577378 Email:[email protected] Fax: 0481 -257 4751 & 2577378 www:rubberboard.org.in

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Or, K. Tomson Francis Mechanical Engineer, Dept.of P&PD,RRII Kottayam 686009, Kerala ,India. Ph:91-481-2353311 to 20 Extn: 212 E-mail : [email protected]

Email:[email protected] [email protected]

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RUBBERWOOD TESTING LABORATORY

LIST OF TESTS

No Name of Test & Test method Sample Size LxBxT (mm)

1. Physical tests

Min No. of samples

Fee (Rs)

Time required for testing

Remarks

1.1 Identification of species

With finger print & Published data

60x40x15 4 100 1 week Specimens shall be cut exactly radial/tangential in

1.2 Moisture content IS 1708 (part1)- 1986

1.3 Density/Sp .gravity

IS 1708 (part2)- 1986

60x50x25 or 60x55x55 160x55x55 or 130x50x25

5 75 3 days 5 75 3 days

lengthwise direction. Defects like knots, decay, cracks etc are not allowed.

1.4 1.4.1

1.4.2 1.4.3

Shrinkage Volumetric IS 1708 (part3)- 1986

(A) Radial (B) Tangential

130x50x25 or 160x55x55 110x50x25 110x50x25

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500 4 4

3 weeks

1.5 Abrasion test Taber Abrasion method

2 Mechanical tests

100 X100X4 or disc of 10cm in diameter up to 4 mm thick

10 300 2 weeks

2.1 Tests on Finger joint and Edge glue 2.1.1 Static bending test on Finger joint

IS 1708 (part5)- 1986 a. load parallel to finger profile b. load perpendicular to finger profile 340x25x25

2.1.2 Static bending test on glue line of Edge lamination IS 1708 (part5)- 1986 a. load parallel to glue line b. load perpendicular to glue line 340x25x25

5 500 5 500 5 500 5 500

10 days There should be only

one finger joint on a sample, which must be on the centre of length.

10 days There should be only

one glue line on a sample, which must be on the centre of width

along the length.

2.1.3 Compressive strength parallel to glue line/ Finger profile IS 1708 (part8)- 1986

2.1.4 Compressive strength perpendicular to glue line /Finger profile IS 1708 (part9)- 1986

90x25x25 5 500 10 days

10 days 110x25x25 5 500

do. do.

2.1.5 Tensile strength test

Parallel to grain IS 1708 (part12)- 1986

330x60x20 5 500 10 days do.

2.1.6 Strength of glue joints by Block shear strength test. IS 1708 (part11)- 1986

125x55x30 & Glue sample of min. 100g

5 300

14 days

2.2 Test on solid wood

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2.2.1 Bending strength

IS 1708 (part5)- 1986

780x60x60 or 340x25x25

5 500 10 days

10 days

Defects like knots, decay, cracks etc

are not allowed. 2.2.2 Compressive strength

(a) Parallel to grain IS 1708 (part5)- 1986

(b) Perpendicular to grain IS 1708 (part9)- 1986

90x25x25

160x55x55 or 110x25x25

5

5

500

500

2.2.3 Tensile strength (a) Parallel to grain.

IS 1708 (part12)- 1986 (b) Perpendicular to grain IS 1708 (part13)- 1986

(i) radial (ii) tangential

330x60x20

320x60x60 320x60x60

5

5 5

500

500 500

12 days

do

2.2.4 Hardness Test IS 1708 (part10)- 1986

160x55x55 or 110x25x25

5 500 10 days do

2.2.5 Shear strength IS 1708 (part11)- 1986

(a) radial (b) tangential

150x60x60 150x60x60

5 5

500

10 days do

2.2.6 Cleavage strength IS 1708 (part14)- 1986

(a) radial (b) tangential

120x60x60 120x60x60

5 5

500

10 days do

2.2.7 Nail/Screw holding power

IS 1708 (part15)- 1986

160x60x60 5 300 10 days do

2.2.8 Impact strength (a) Izod

IS 1708 (part16)-1986 (b) Charpy IS 1708(part17)-1986

150x25x25 150x20x20

5 5

300

10 days Specimen shall be radial only.

3 Chemical Tests 3.1 Qualitative tests for wood treated with

CCA/ CCB/ Borax-Boric acid IS: 401- 2001

PCP BS: 5666:Part 2:1980

Treated wood min 10 cm in length with actual cross section

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1 day Defects like knots, decay, cracks etc are not allowed.

3.2 Quantitative tests for wood treated with CCA/ CCB/Borax-Boric acid. IS: 2753 part1-1991

-Do- 4 500 10- days do

3.3 Purity of Boric acid IS: 263 part1-1990

Borax

IS: 1109 part1-1980 Copper sulphate IS: 261:1982

Pot. Dichromate. Vogel’s text book of

Quantitative analysis

Min.100 gm each 500 10 days

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3.4 Concentration of preservative solutions CCA/CCB IS: 2753 part1-1991

BA:Bx Vogel’s text book of Quantitative analysis Vth edition procedure No.10.34

Min.250 ml 500 7 days

4.0 Door Test Performance test on door shutters as per IS 4020-1998

Doors of standard sizes.

750 4 weeks

5 Biological tests 5.1 Lab testing of wood preservative

IS 4873 1993 30X20X60 5 500 Min 3

months Defects like knots, decay, cracks etc

are not allowed 5. 2 Field testing of preservative

IS 4833 1993 a) Accelerated test

b) Stake test

200X40X10

350X40X40

6

6

500

500

Min6mo nths min 1yr

Defects like knots, decay, cracks etc

are not allowed

6 Tests on glue

6.1 pH IS: 3025-(Part 11)-1983

100ml - 75 2 days With out contamination

6.2 Viscosity IS: 9316 part2:1987

50ml - 300 2 days With out contamination

7 Laminated timber 7.1 Boiling water soak delamination

JAS: 1996 for glued laminated timber 50 cm square EG board.

1 300 10 days Defects like knots, decay, cracks etc

are not allowed 7.2 Cold water soak delamination

JAS: 1996 for glued laminated timber 50 cm square EG board.

1 300 10 days Defects like knots, decay, cracks etc

are not allowed

General Information

1 Address-

Laboratory Manager, Rubber Wood Testing Laboratory, RRDTC Complex, Manganam PO., Kottayam-686 018.Kerala. Contact Person- Laboratory Manager Tel-0481-257 7378 Fax-0481-257 4751 & 257 7378 [email protected] [email protected]

2 Samples for testing can be handed over to the Laboratory during 9am to 4 pm on all

working days through Monday to Friday either in person or by post/courier. We accept only door delivered samples.

3 Test samples shall be accompanied with a test request addressed to The Laboratory

Manager, Rubber Wood Testing Laboratory with complete details and a DD in favour of Director P&PD, Rubber Board, Kottayam-09 equal to the required test fee. Cash also is accepted, till 3PM on all working days.




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4 Damaged, partially lost, open packed or samples without sufficient quantity and details will not be accepted.

5 Tests will be conducted on a first come first served basis. 6 Applicable Service Tax will be collected from the customers. (Present rate is 10.3%)

7 For any assistance, please contact us over telephone/email before drawing the

samples.

b. CENTRAL LABORATORY, P&QC DIVISION

The Central Laboratory undertakes commercial testing of the following types of samples on a charged basis.

i) Field latex ii) Concentrated latex iii) Dry rubber iv) Chemicals used in rubber processing, rubber product manufacturing and

for plant protection. v) Fertilizers and organic manures vi) Waste water generated from rubber processing industry. vii) Drinking water and water for civil construction.

These facilities are utilized by rubber processors, dealers, product manufactures

and the general public. The various tests conducted in Central Laboratory and its testing fees are given

separately. Samples for testing will be collected in the laboratory from 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM along with testing fee and 10.30 % service tax on all working days from Monday to Friday either in person or by Post/Courier.

A request for the tests addressed to Jt. Director (P&QC) is also required. Testing fee is to be remitted in advance by cash/DD/MO.

The test result will be issued from this office by post as soon as the test result is ready.

In the case of DD, it may be drawn in favour of Director (P&PD), Rubber Board

and forwarded to Jt.Director (P&QC) along with sample

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P&PD Department

List of tests conducted by Central Lab and charges

Sl No

Parameters Rate (Rs.)*

Latex 1 DRC 30 2 TSC 25 3 Ammonia 30 4 VFA no. 75 5 KOH no. 75 6 MST 45 7 Sludge 75 8 Coagulum 60 9 Copper 90 10 Manganese 90 11 Magnesium 45 12 Iron 90 13 Creaming test 60 14 Viscosity 45 15 ZOV 55 16 ZST 55 17 ZHST 90 18 Concentrated latex complete analysis as per BIS 600

Skim/ Scrap DRC 1 Skim DRC 150 2 Scrap DRC 500

Dry Rubber 1 Dirt 45 2 PO & PRI 30 3 Ash 40 4 Nitrogen content 30 5 Volatile matter 30 6 Mooney viscosity 55 7 Colour 40 8 Acetone extract 75 9 Rubber Hydrocarbon 105 10 Carbon black 60 11 ASHT 45 12 BIS specifications 115

Effluent 1 pH 40 2 BOD 75

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Sl No


3 COD 90 4 Total solids 45 5 Dissolved solids 45 6 Suspended solids 40 7 Sulphate 75 8 Chloride 75 9 Sulphide 90 10 Phosphate 75 11 Ammonia cal nitrogen 75 12 Total nitrogen 75 13 Oil & Grease 90 14 Complete analysis as per BIS standards 375

Water Analysis 1 Total hardness 45 2 Carbonate hardness 30 3 Non carbonate hardness 30 4 Total alkelenity /acidity 45 5 pH value 45 6 Calcium 45 7 Magnesium 45 8 Dissolved solids 45 9 Colour 75 10 Iron 90 11 Odour 25 12 Chloride 75 13 Sulphate 75 14 Nitrate as nitrogen 45 15 Sodium 75 16 Potassium 75 17 Dissolved oxygen 45 18 Bacteriological test 150 19 Complete analysis 525

Rubber Chemicals ZDC 1 Purity 225 2 Melting point 60 3 Specific gravity 60 4 Volatile matter 30

TQ 1 Acid value 115 2 Specific gravity 75 3 Heat loss 45 4 Ash 40 5 Melting point 60 6 Solubility 75 7 Density 75

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Sl No


TMTD 1 Melting point 60 2 Solubility 60 3 TMTD content 300 4 Free amines 150 5 Ash content 40 6 Copper content 105 7 Manganese content 75

Sulphur 1 Sulphur content 150 2 Sieve test 75 3 Ash content 40 4 Acidity 105 5 Moisture 30 6 Bulk density 75

Zinc Oxide 1 Zinc oxide content 150 2 Specific gravity 75 3 Acidity as sulphuric acid 45 4 Moisture content 30 5 Matter soluble in water 45 6 Matter soluble in hydrochloric acid 45 7 Loss of ignition 45 8 Sulphur content 150 9 Volatile matter 30 10 Manganese 105 11 Copper 105 12 Iron 105 13 Lead 105 14 Matter insoluble in 14% acetic acid 60 15 Metallic zinc content 60

Stearic Acid 1 Saponification value 150 2 Acid value 115 3 Iodine value 115 4 Mineral acidity 60 5 Ash 40 6 Melting point 60 7 Comparison of std lauric acid (MST) 150

Calcium Silicate 1 Calcium 75 2 Chlorine 75 3 Nitrate 75

Calcium Chloride / Nitrate 1 Calcium 75

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Sl No


2 Chloride 75 3 Nitrate 75

Wettable Sulphur 1 Purity 150 2 Sieve test 75 3 Suspensibility 300 4 Wetability 75 5 Arsenic 105

Sulphur Dust 1 Purity 150 2 Sieve requirement 75

Carbon Blacks 1 Iodine absorption 300 2 DBP absorption 300 3 Sieve test 75 4 Pour density 50 5 Heating loss 40 6 Ash content 40 7 Discoloration of toluene 75 8 Staining 75

Rubber Processing Chemicals Diammonium Hydrogen Phosphate

1 Phosphoric acid 40 2 Purity 150 3 Phosphate 105 4 Ammonia 60 5 Calcium 75 6 Matter insoluble in water 60 7 Chloride 75 8 Sulphate 75 9 Iron 90

Lauric Acid 1 Saponification value 150 2 Acid value 115 3 Iodine value 115 4 Mineral acidity 60 5 Ash 40 6 Melting point 60 7 Comparison of std lauric acid (MST) 150

Tamarind Seed Powder 1 Purity comparison 300

Ammonia 1 Ammonia content 150

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Sl No


Fertilizers 1 Fertilizer N P K 600 2 Nitrogen 225 3 Phosphorus 225 4 Potassium 225 5 Magnesium 150

Muriate of Potash 1 Potash content 225 2 Moisture 30 3 Sodium as sodium chloride 75

Urea 1 Total nitrogen 225 2 Moisture content 30

General Chemicals Copper Sulphate / Copper Oxychloride 1 Copper content 105 2 Matter insoluble in water 60 3 Soluble iron and aluminium 105 4 pH 45 5 Suspensibility 375

Spray Oil 1 USR Value 300 2 Viscosity 75 3 Specific gravity 40 4 Flash Point 75 5 Pour point 45 6 Fire point 60 7 Suspensibility 375

Purity of Various Chemicals 1 Acetic acid 150 2 Cureobleach 150 3 Formic acid 150 4 Hydroxylamine 150 5 Lime 150 6 MBTS 225 7 Nitric acid 150 8 Sodium bisulphite 225 9 Sodium sulphite 225 10 Sulphuric acid – purity 150 11 Zinc Sulphate 150 12 Ammonia 75 13 Phosphoric acid 150 14 DAHP 150 15 ZMBT 225

Sludge

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Sl No


1 Nitrogen 150 2 Phosphorus 150 3 Potassium 150 4 NPK 375 5 Oil content 75

Phosphoric Acid 1 Phosphoric acid 150

Other tests 1 Standard weight box 75 2 Standard thermometer 75 3 Standard MST test 1000 4 ESTIM. PCP 300

** Service Tax extra as applicable. Present rate is 10.30 %.

2.6.3 Training Department

About 43 different training programmes are conducted under 10 segments for

the benefit of rubber plantation, rubber processing, marketing of processed rubber and rubber product manufacturing sectors. Details of the training courses are given below.

Training Programmes Dura- tion (days)

Fees Training Fee

Rubber Plantation Development Programmes Rs.

1. Short term training on rubber cultivation for small growers

5 + 125 per day (Brdg.&Lodg.) 1250

2. Short term training on rubber cultivation for estate sector


3. Advanced training on rubber cultivation & rubber plantation management – need based


4. Specialized training on rubber plantation Management – need based

4 + 125 per day (Brdg.&Lodg.)

750/ day

Rubber Processing & Quality Improvement Programmes

5. Short term training on rubber processing and quality control


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6. Training on sheet rubber processing and grading 2 + 125 per day (Brdg.&Lodg.) 500

7. Specialized training on processing of block rubber/ cenex – need based

4 + 125 per day (Brdg.&Lodg.) 750/day

8. Training on total quality management and ISO 9000 quality system – need based


9. Training on effluent treatment & pollution Control – need based


1200

Rubber Industrial Development Programmes

10. Short term training on latex goods manufacture

5 + 125 per day (Brdg.&Lodg.

1750 11. Short term training on dry rubber goods manufacture


2400

12. Advanced training on rubber products development and manufacture – need based


2000

13. Specialised training on testing & quality control of rubber & rubber products – need based


14. Specialised training on latex & dry rubber products – need based


15. Entrepreneur development in Rubber industry – need based


Training Programmes For Students 16. Short term training on rubber products manufacture & testing – need based


17. Training in rubber technology for B.Tech. Students – need based


3000

18. Training in rubber technology for M.Tech. Students – need based


3500

19. Short term training on Rubber cultivation & plantation management – need based


1500

20. Specialised training in Rubber Technology for PG Diploma students – need based

5 750/ day

Market And Export Development Programmes 21. Short term training on marketing & export management


1600

22. Training on export management 1 + 125 per day

(Brdg.&Lodg.) 750

Leadership Development Programmes for RPS

23. Training for Director Board members of RPS 3 Sponsored Residential

24. Training for RPS Members on business management skills


General Training Programmes

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25. Training on beekeeping in rubber plantations 1 + 125 per day (Brdg.&Lodg.) 250

26. Training on mushroom culture – need based 1 + 125 per day (Brdg.&Lodg.) 250

27. Training on spraying and maintenance of sprayers


600

28. Training on biogas generation from effluents 2 + 125 per day (Brdg.&Lodg.)

600

29. Training on latex harvest technology 2 + 125 per day (Brdg.&Lodg.)

600

30. Training on nursery management 1 300 31. Training on pest & disease control 2 + 125 per day

(Brdg.&Lodg.) 600

32. Training on budding techniques 2 + 125 per day (Brdg.&Lodg.)

600

33. Training on modern clones 1 300

34. Training on rubber wood processing & quality Control/ furniture making – need based

1-5 + 125 per day (Brdg.&Lodg.)

300

35. Training on root trainer plants 1 300 Out Station Training Programmes

36. Training at RPS centres/ Selected centres - need based

1 Nil

37. Training for SC/ST/women – need based 1 Nil

38. Orientation training on rubber based industry – need based

1 Nil

39. Training on quality control of different marketable forms of Natural Rubber – need based

1 Nil

Visit Cum Training Programmes 40. Sastradarshan – need based 1 Nil 41. Trainees of TT School – need based 1 Nil International Training Programmes

42. Advanced training on rubber cultivation and plantation management – need based

5-10 Non residential

US$ 100/day

43. Advanced training on rubber products manufacture and testing – need based

5-10 Non residential

US$ 100/day

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2.6.4 Market Promotion Department

Details of services provided by the Market Promotio n Department is as follows

The Market promotion Department consists of three units viz;

1. Market Intelligence cell 2. Export promotion Cell 3. Domestic promotion cell

Sl No. Nature of service Amount payable /

receivable

Export Promotion Cell

1 Issue of Registration cum Membership certificate to NR exporters

Free service

2 Issue of Certificate of origin to NR exporters Rs. 25/-

3 Facilitates for participation of NR exporters in international trade fairs and domestic trade fairs related to rubber

As per the scheme rules

4 Financial Assistance for the preparation of publicity materials for exporters to display in trade fairs

As per the scheme rules

5 Dissemination of data on export of NR on daily/monthly basis and provide to public on need basis

Free service

6 Conduct training programmes in export management and procedures.

Cost basis

Domestic Promotion Cell

7 Dissemination of data on import of NR on daily/monthly basis and provide to public on need basis.

Free service

8 Provide sales and marketing support to companies promoted/assisted by the Rubber Board.

Free service

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2.6.5 Research Department [Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII)]

2.6.5.1 Tests conducted by Research Department

Testing Charges of various items conducted by Research Department are given below.

List of Technical Services & charges – RRII

Crop Harvesting unit Sl.No Item Unit Rate (Rs) 1 Laboratory testing of ethephon and other yield

stimulants 1 sample 1500.00

2 Field evaluation of ethephon and other yield stimulants (one year)

1 sample 25000.00

3 Preliminary testing of rainguard compound 1 sample 1,000.00 4 Field evaluation of rainguard compound (one

year) 1 sample 25,000.00

5 Eva luation of ethylene gas stimulation technology 1 sample 100000.00 6 Testing of crop harvesting gadgets

(Head light/tapping knife/other harvesting tools) 1 sample 5,000.00

7 Field advisory on exploitation techniques & problems

Nil

Testing of Rubber Products

Sl. No. Details of Tests

Testing Charges

(Rs.)

1 Compound Preparation 25/- per kg + material cost

2 Mooney Viscosity 100/-

3 Scorch Time 75/-

4 Cure Time/Rheograph 100/-

5 IR Spectrophotometric Graph 200/-

6 Thermogravimetric Analysis 150/- Differential Scanning Calorimetry

7 a) High Temperature Range b) Low Temperature Range

150/- 300/-

8 Izod Impact Testing 75/-

9 Electrical Resistivity 100/-

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Details of Tests

Testing Charges

(Rs.) 10 Critical Oxygen Index Test 150/- 11 Studies using Rheocord 90(for 10 minutes or fractions

thereof)

100/-

12 Tensile Properties Before Ageing 150/- 13 Tensile Properties Before and After Ageing 200/- 14 Tear Strength Before Ageing 100/- 15 Tear Strength Before and After Ageing 150/- 16 Shore Hardness 50/- 17 Compression Set 100/- 18 Rebound Resilience 100/- 19 Abrasion Resistance 100/- 20 Heat Build Up (Goodrich Flexometer) 150/-

21 De Mattia/Ross Flexing 150/-

22 Ozone Resistance 400/-

23 Brittleness Temperature 400/-

24 Adhesion Strength 100/-

25 Dispersion Rating (microtone) 200/-

26 DBP Absorption 200/- Comparative Evaluation of Polymers/fillers/ rubber chemicals/other additives 750/-

28 Analysis of Zinc Oxide (Zinc content only) 125/- Analysis of Accelerators & Sulphur (sulphur content only) 125/-

30 Specific Gravity 50/-

31 Acetone Extractable 100/-

32 Rubber Hydrocarbon Content 200/-

33 Ash Content 100/-

34 Brookfield Viscosity 50/-

35 Zinc Oxide Viscosity 75/-

36 Zinc Oxide Heat Stability Test 100/-

37 Zinc Oxide Stability Time 75/-

38 Determinatio n of Water/Oil Resistance 50/-

39 Testing of Tyre Flaps as per BIS/ASRTU 550/-

40 Mastication/ Mixing in Lab. Intermix 500/- per

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Sl. No.

Details of Tests

Testing Charges

(Rs.) hour +

material cost 41 Estimation of Carbon Black 200/- 42 Estimation of Polymer 200/- 43 Estimation of Total Sulphur 200/- 44 Chemical Analysis of Rubber Chemicals 300/- 45 Polymer Identification 200/- 46 Rubber-Metal Bonding Strength 250/- 47 Rubber-Fabric Adhesion 150/- 48 Percentage of Insoluble Sulphur 100/- 49 Swell Index 75/- 50 Yerzley Oscillograph 250/-

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Testing charges – Latex products Sl. No.

Details of Tests

Testing Charges

(Rs.) 1 Testing of Surgical gloves as per ASTM D- 3578 175.00 2 Testing of Examination gloves as per ASTM D- 3577 175.00

3 Testing of Protein content in NR gloves and other products as per ASTM D-5712

300.00

4 Testing of Powder content in NR gloves as per ASTM D-6124-1997 100.00 5 Testing of Surgical gloves as per BIS 4148-1989 475.00 6 Testing of latex adhesive as per BIS 9827-1981 205.00 7 Testing of Rubber Threads as per BIS 14424-1997 475.00 8 Testing of Rubberised coir sheets per BIS 8391-1987 575.00 9 Testing of Latex Foam as per BIS 1741-1960 575.00

10 Brookfield viscosity 50.00

In all the above cases, service tax and other taxes as applicable will be extra. The current rate of service tax is 10.30% Testing services provided by the Crop Management Group

A. Field Advisory - Free service (Problem investigation, Feasibility studies etc.)

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B. Soil Testing fee (inclusive of service tax) - (Rs/sample)

Test parameters Small holdings

Estates Students Ph.D./Mphil students

Others

Routine analysis (OC, P, K, pH)

12 57 12 17 28

Mechanical analysis 113 281 57 113 169

Available N or Total N 57 113 28 57 85

Cation exchange capacity 57 113 28 57 85

Electrical conductivity 6 12 6 6 12

Micronutrients – total

(Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn) 113 225 90 113 135

C. Leaf Testing fee (inclusive of service tax) - (Rs/sample)

Test parameters Small

holdings Estates Students Ph.D./M.Phil

students Others

Routine analysis (N, P, K)

12 113 28 57 85

Micronutrients – total (Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn)

113 225 90 113 135

D. Latex testing (inclusive of service tax)

Test parameters Rs./sample

Dry rubber content (DRC) 34

Volatile fatty acid (VFA) 85

E. Equipment testing (Weed cutting machine) - Rs.20,000/-

F. Testing facility for other research and academic institutions at RVNL plant.

Gama irradiation test. – Rs. 320/- per day approximately depending upon sample.

2.6.5.2 Training and Advis ory Services

TC Division also provides assistance to the Training Department in conducting training courses for the benefit of latex and dry rubber goods manufacturers. Also specialized training on certain rubber products is conducted by the Division on specific

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request from the clients. Besides technology transfer, our technical staff serves as faculty members of various industrial and academic institutions.

Advisory and consultancy services are also offered on technical matters and other problems during trial run/commercial operation of the units. Based on specific requests from product manufacturers, factory visits are conducted by experts to rectify the defects, streamline the operations and to solve production problems. Several units have been benefited by this service during the past years.

2.6.5.3 Applied R&D to Individual Units

Applied R&D works are conducted on specific areas as requested by the industries for

technology upgradation and cost reduction.

2.6.5.4 Academic Functions

In academic line, Polymer Science and Rubber Technology students from various

Universities and Polytechnics are provided assistance for the selection and completion of their project work as a part of their curriculum. Also theory and practical classes/examinations in Rubber Technology are being conducted for Universities.

2.6.5.5 Latex Technology Services

The TC Division has established a well equipped latex technology laboratory for research, development and testing of natural rubber latex products as per national and international standards. Knowledge and experience in latex technology includes:

Gloves – All types Uridrain condoms Medical tubings Condoms Latex foam products Rubberised coir foam Latex backed carpets Balloons Rubber bands Latex adhesives Elastic thread Other dipped products

Latex technology laboratory facilitates the entrepreneurs to avail the following services

1. Formulation development 2. Product development 3. Evaluation of rubber chemicals in latex products 4. Testing of Surgical gloves as per ASTM D – 3578 5. Testing of Examination gloves as per ASTM D – 3577 6. Testing of Protein content in NR gloves and other products as per ASTM D – 5712

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7. Testing of Powder content in NR gloves as per ASTM D – 6124 – 1997 8. Testing of Surgical gloves as per BIS 4148 – 1989 9. Testing of Latex adhesives as per BIS 9827 – 1981 10. Testing of Rubber Thread as per BIS, ASTM and ISO standards 11. Testing of Rubberised coir sheets as per BIS 8391 – 1987

2.7. Organizational Structure

The Rubber Board have the following nine departments.

Rubber Production Department

Rubber Research Institute of India Processing and Product Development Department Training Department Administration Department Finance and Accounts (F&A) Department Licensing and Excise Duty Department Statistics and Planning Department

Market Promotion Department.

The organizational chart of the 9 departments are given in Annexure I .

Rubber Production Department, Administration Department, Finance

and

Accounts (F&A) Department, Licensing and Excise Duty Department and Statistics and Planning Department functions at Rubber Board head office. The remaining four Departments functions at RRII campus at Puthuppally, about 8 Km from Kottayam town.

The following divisions function directly under the control of the Chairman

Publicity and Public Relations Division (under Administration Department ) Planning division ( under Statistics and Planning Department ) Vigilance division (under Administration Department ) Internal Audit ( under Finance and Accounts Department )

2.8 Expectation of the public authority from the public for enhancing its effectiveness and efficiency.

Rubber Board has publicized all its schemes and rules governing grant of financial assistance etc. through its website, print media etc. In all meetings of rubber growers and Rubber Producers Societies also these aspects are explained in detail. Radio, Television, Farmers’ clubs, NGOs, SHGs etc are also used by the Board as media for communicating with the growers on these matters. The Rubber Board expects rubber growers and new entrepreneurs to understand the objectives and the conditions for grant of financial assistance properly and participate in the schemes as informed participants so that their

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involvement will be more. This will help the Board to implement the scheme more effectively and efficiently.

Feed back from the Rubber growers regarding difficulties faced by them in obtaining optimum yield, and success stories regarding new methods adopted resulting in enhancement of production etc are reckoned by the Board and passed on to others for guidance and also taken into account while framing the schemes. The Research and Development programmes are also taken up to meet the requirements in the field, based on the feed back received.

2.9 Arrangements and methods made for seeking public participation/ contribution.

a. Semina rs, Public Meetings, etc. The Rubber Board’s extension machinery is in constant contact with the public

through visits to individual farms. As the size of growers’ population exceeds nine lakhs, inter-personal interaction may not always be practicable. Hence the Board has adopted the group approach to obtain the widest possible reach with fair efficiency. The Board conducts village level group meetings, seminars, study classes, demonstrations and exhibitions. These are organized either directly or under the auspices of co-operatives (Rubber Producers’ Societies (RPS) or other interested organizations. The RPSs formed under the auspices of the Board is the grass root level o rganization of rubber small growers which play a very prominent role as agencies bringing together the Board and the growers for effective two-way communication and follow up services.

b. Annual Campaign Meetings Every year the Board is conducting campaign meetings for taking across to

growers, selected extension messages of topical importance. The campaign meetings, which are meant to benefit small groups, are organized in association with RPS and held in real small holding locales simultaneously at scores of centres every day continuously for about a month. These campaigns help to create a widespread awareness of the subject matter dealt with and quick and extensive adoption of the innovations sought to be popularized besides helping in obtaining first hand information on the problems and issues faced by the small growers.

The Board is getting first hand feed back about the usefulness, operational issues

etc from the public through these meetings. The Board is also getting feedback from participants of various schemes through letters and representations by post or as e- mail. On an average the Board is communicating with around 2.00 lakh growers every year through seminars, group meetings, campaign meetings, workshops, training programmes, RPS meetings etc.

2.10 Mechanism available for monitoring the service delivery and public grievance resolution.

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2.10.1 Service delivery Field Officers of the Rubber Production Department are the base level service

providers of the Board. They will inspect plantations to ascertain whether they are eligible for financial and other assistance. Based on their reports assistance will be sanctioned by Development Officers in the Regional Office. As a measure of preventive vigilance, 10% of the cases inspected by Field Officers will be over-checked by senior level officers. In addition to that the Vigilance Flying Squad of the Department also undertakes over- checking at random. Review meeting for monitoring the implementation of various components o f the scheme are taken by senior officers at Regional, Zonal and Head Office level. The monitoring mechanism now in place is found to be effective. The Dy.RPCs in charge of the Regional Office attend to public grievances on all Wednesdays. All the complaints are being properly scrutinized, investigated in the field and immediate remedial measures taken, to resolve the grievances.

2.10.2 Public grievance resolution. In the light of’ the instructions received from the Ministry of Commerce, a Public

Grie vances Cell (PGC) has been set up in the Board for dealing with public complaints and redress of public grievances in so far as the activities of the Rubber Board are concerned.

1. The Public Grievance Cell of the Board will function under the direct supervision of the Secretary who will be the full- time Grievance Officer designated as the Director of Grievances. He will be assisted by the Dy. Rubber Production Commissioner, Vigilance and Flying Squad (VFS) in redress of public grievances.

2. All Wednesdays will be observed as a meetingless day. The Director of Grievances/ Heads of Departments/Office will remain in their offices during specific hours (10.00 hours to 13.00 hours) on every Wednesday to receive and hear grievances of the public.

3. The Receptionist, Security personnel and Peons have been given suitable instructions about the meetingless day so that members of the public may meet the officers on that day without prior appointment.

4. The name, designation, room number, telephone number etc of the Director of Grievances/Grievance Officer will be displayed prominently at the reception or a convenient place in the Office building for information of the public.

5. A locked complaint box is placed at the reception or convenient place accessible to the public, so that they could lodge the complaints witho ut difficulty. The Controlling Officer will open the box everyday by about 4 PM and examine the complaints if any, for expeditious redress.

6. In the interest of expeditious disposal of grievances the Director of Grievances exercises more frequently the powers vested with him to call for papers/documents of long pending cases and take decisions with the approval of the Chairman.

7. Each grievance petition will be acknowledged within 15 days. Even if no action is warranted on a petition, a reply intimating the stand of the organization will be sent to the petitioner.

8. Each department analyses grievances received by them with a view to identifying the major grievance prone areas and devising corrective measures to reduce the scope of

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recurrence of grievances.

9. All Departments/Offices/sections ensures timely submission of quarterly returns about the redress of grievances to the Director of Grievances (Secretary), Rubber Board, Kottayam so as to reach him on or before 10th of every succeeding month of the quarter.

10. The Officer- in-Charge of every outstation office is designated as Grievance Redress officer, who will deal with every complaint. If the grievance can be redressed at his level, it will be disposed of immediately. Otherwise it will be taken up with the concerned higher authorities under intimation to the Dy. Rubber Production commissioner (VFS).

11. The Dy Rubber Production Commissioner (VFS) will make it a point to check up periodically the functioning of the public grievance machinery in every Regional Office and arrange to communicate final decision to the party, on the grievance raised, if any complaint is found to await redress.

12. The machinery and work relating to pub lic grievances and the statistics relating to receipt/disposal of public grievances forms part of the annual action plan and the annual administrative report of the Board.

2.11 Addresses of the main office and other offices at different levels.

( Departmentwise)

ADDRESSES ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT/ FINANCE & ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT/ STATISTICS & PLANNING DEPARTMENT/ LICENSING & EXCISE DUTY DEPARTMENT

Rubber Board , P.B. No. 1122, Kottayam-686002 Fax: 0481-2571380,Phone: 0481-2301231, e -mail: [email protected]

LICENSING & EXCISE DUTY DEPARTMENT Licensing

Excise Duty

Revenue

Division Division Intelligence Division

W il lin g to n I sl a n d , K oc h i - 68 2 00 3 P hon e : 048 4 - 2 66 61 75 , 26 66 1 3 8 , 26 68 99 6 Fa x : 048 4 - 26 66 17 5

Rubb e r B oa r d K ot ta ya m - 68 6 00 2 P hon e : 048 1 - 25 70 26 0

Rubb e r B oa r d K ot ta ya m - 68 6 00 2

Ph o n . 0 48 1 - 230 12 3 1 e - m a il : l s kochi @ r ubber bo a r d.or g. i n e - m a i l : l ed@r ubber board.org.in

Fax : 048 1- 25 7540 3

SUB OFFICES & GUEST HOUSES AHMEDABAD Rubber Board Sub Office, Flat number 6, II Floor, J.L. Complex,Jawahar Chowk, Maninagar, Ahmedabad- 380 008, Phone: 079-25460923, e- mail: [email protected] BANGALORE Rubber Board Sub office, No. 641, 9th main 2nd cross fare stage, 3rd block, Basaveshwara Nagar Bangaluru – 560079 Tel. no. 08023229708 e-mail [email protected] e-mail: [email protected], CHENNAI Rubber Board Sub Office, 21, Cathedral Garden Road, Behind Palmgrove Hotel, Nungambakkam, Chennai- 600 034, Phone/Fax: 044-28204701




mailto:%[email protected]




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e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

JALANDHAR CITY

Rubber Board Sub Office, 19 Chanakya vihar, near new GTB Nagar extension,

Jalandhar 144014 Phone/Fax: 0181-22465980 e-mail: [email protected] KANPUR

Rubber Board Sub Office, 128/37 -Y, Kidwai Nagar, Kanpur-208 011, Phone: 0512-2643154 e- mail: [email protected] KOLKATA

Rubber Board Sub Office ,69, Chowranghee Road, Kolkata-700 020, Phone/Fax: 033 -22871586 e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] KOLKATA GUEST HOUSE

Rubber Board Guest House, FE-132, Ground Floor, Sector III, Near Central Park, Karunamoyee Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 106. Phone: 033-23596718 MUMBAI Rubber Board Sub Office, Flat No. B/3-1/5 Dahivali CHS Ltd, Khandarpada, Dahisar (West), Mumbai-400 068, Phone/Fax: 022-28943285, e-mail: [email protected] MUMBAI GUEST HOUSE Rubber Board Guest House, Flat 301, Jewel Classic, Saraswati Baug, Jogeswari (East), Mumbai-400 060, Phone: 022-28363895 NEW DELHI Rubber Board Sub Office, 13/2, Jam Nagar House, Shajahan Road, New Delhi-110 011 Phone 011-23388702, Fax: 011 -23383579 e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] NEW DELHI GUEST HOUS E Rubber Board Guest House, R-11, Ground Floor, Hauzkhas Enclave, New Delhi-110 016 Phone: 011 -26513408 SECUNDERABAD Rubber Board Sub Office, H.No. 8-1-109, 2n d Floor, Shivaji Nagar, Secunderabad-500 003 Andhra Pradesh. Phone: 040-27803773, e -mail: [email protected] MANGALORE R ubb e r B o ar d G ues t H ous e, B u i ld i n g No . M C 16 / 7 / 4 75 / 3, Is t Fl o or , ‘ Sou m ya ’ M is s io n C om po und , K a l pan a R oa d , B a l m a t t a , M ang al or e - 57 5 00 1

RUBBER PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

Rubber Board, Kottayam-686 002 Phone: 0481-2301231, Fax: 0481-2571486, e -mail: [email protected]

Z onal / R egi o n a l O ffi c e o f th e R eg i ona l T appers ’ Tr ain i n g O f f ic e F O / J F O N ur s e r y Schoo l

R U B B E R B O A R D Z O N A L O F F I C E T .C . 41/ 2490 , T HY C A U D T H I RU V A N A N T H A P U R A M- 6 9 5 0 1 4 P HO N E : 0 4 7 1- 2 3 2 1 3 5 7

1. R ubbe r B oa r d R egi ona l O ff i c e K u l as ek ha r a m T. T . Scho o l 3 / 33C , I I F l oor , K uz hi thur a i Arukani PP K B ui ld i ng , Ma i n Ro a d M a r t h an d o m P. O . Kan y ak u m ar i A ss i s t a n t . T a mi l Na d u – 62 9 16 5 P hone : 04 65 1- 27394 9

2 . R ub be r B oa r d R e gi on a l O ffi c e N ey yat t i nka r a T.C . 41/249 0 , Op p . T h y cau d Ho u s e K at t akad a T h y cau d K i l im a n o o r Thiruvananthapuram-695 014 M al a yi nk i l












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Ph o ne : 0 47 1 -232765 2 AKT D R P P A m boor i

3 . R ub be r B oa r d R e gi on a l O ffi c e A r ya na d S r eeb h av an , X I I /43 8 Pal od e Ne a r S ur y a Ci n e H ous e , V i th u r a N e dum a nga d-69 5 54 1 N j ar ane el i P hone : 0 47 2 -280327 0 AK T DR P P V ith u r a

V em baya m Pan god e

4 . R ubbe r B oa r d R egi o n a l O ff i c e Ra j a T ow er s

A nc ha l R egi ona l N u rse r y Pat t a zh i K adackam o n

T. T . Scho o l P at ha nap u r a m

Op p . K r i s h nank ovi l P at ha nap u r a m T hol i cod e P. O . P unal u r - 69 1 33 3

AKT D R P P K adam an cod u

P hone : 0 47 5 -222261 6

5 . R ubbe r B oa r d R egi ona l O ff i c e C had ayam ang al a m T har aka n’ s B u i ld i n g K adacka l I I Fl oor , Pul am o n P.O . Pooyapp i l l y K ot t arak kar a -69 1 53 1 K al l uvat hukka l P hone : 047 4 -245276 3 E z hukon e

6. R ubbe r Bo a r d R egi ona l O ff i c e I I Fl oor , S.G . B u i l d i n g

K o oda l Pan dal a m

T. T . Scho o l E da t h i t t a

Adoo r -69 1 52 3 M ank am kuzh i P hone : 04 73 4- 22437 0 B har an i k kav u

C har um m ood u

RUB B E R B O AR D CE NT R A L O F F I C E K O TT A Y A M- 6 8 6 0 0 2 P h : 04 8 1 -230 123 1

7 . R ubbe r B oa r d R egi ona l O ff i c e B u i ld i n g No . PM C-X II/ 1 5 5 (3 )

K onn i R ann i

T. T . Scho o l N e d i y a k a l a

Co lle g e Ro a d V a da s s er i k kar a Ne a r He a d Pos t O ff i c e P at h anam t h i t t a- 68 9 64 5

M ann am ar u t h i N ar a nam m o o zh y

P hone : 0 46 8 -222237 0 K a ip a t tu r K oz hench er r y

K ol l a m ul a 8 . R ubbe r B oa r d R egi ona l O ff i c e V a l la m k u la m

M uni c i pa l B u i ld in g Ma l la p p a ll y C ha ng an as s er y-68 6 10 1 P hone : 0 48 1 -242153 2

V akat hana m K ar ukacha l

Pat han ad u

9 . R ubbe r B oa r d R egi ona l O ff i c e M ani m a l a ya r B l dg s .

P am pad y P a l l ic k a th o d e

T. T . Scho o l E l ap pan i

V adavat hoo r P. O . E t t um an oo r K ot t aya m- 68 6 01 0 P hone : 0 48 1 -257377 1

A yar kunn a m K adu t hur u t h y

Per u v a 10 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e E r um el i

K an j i ra pp a l l y- 68 6 50 7 M a ni m al a P hone : 0482 8- 202 26 1 M und akk a ya m

C h o t t y P onk un na m K oor a l i

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11 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e B har anan gana m 8/ 330 , T. B . Ro a d K ada na d ( K o l l ap pa l l y ) P a l a -68 6 57 5 K i da ng oo r P hone : 0482 2- 216 70 7 K u r a v i l a ngad u

R am a pu r a m M ar anga t t up i l l y

12 . R ubbe r B oar d R egi ona l O f f i c e M e l ukav u

Par anan i A r cad e E r at t upe t t a- 68 6 12 1

P oonj a r So u t h T h i da na d u

P hone : 0 48 2 -227250 7 T eek o y 13 . R ubbe r B oar d Regi o na l O f f i c e Ka r i mp a n T. T . Scho o l

I dukk i Ro a d T hodu puzh a- 68 5 58 4

K ar i m ku nna m K ar i m a nn oo r

K onnat had y

P hone : 0 48 6 -222231 0 Mo o l a m a t to m T D RP P Poochap r a T D RP P Pe r i n gas s e r y

14 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e K o o t h a t t uk u l a m T. T . Scho o l Ne a r KS RT C Bu s S ta t io n Pam pakud a M ekadam b u M uvat t u puz h a- 68 6 66 1 Pi r a vo m P hone : 0 48 5 -283238 7 V azh akul a m

R am am angal a m

15 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e K ut t a m puzh a I I Fl oor , C l a ssi c T ow er s , O onn uka l Op p . J aw ah a r T heat r e , M uva t t up uzh a R o a d ,

P e r um ba vo o r P o t ha n i ka d u

K ot h am angal a m- 68 6 69 1 P hone : 0 48 5 -282205 5

16 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e K al ad y T. T . Scho o l I I Fl o or , As wa t h y Bl d n g No . 39/ 7 8 6 B

K o l e n c h e r r y K um a r a pu r a m

Pep pat h y

I yy at h u Jn . , C h i t to o r Ro a d E r n ak u la m , Koc h i- 68 2 011

M ul a n t hu r u t h y P e r um ba voo r (E a s t )

P hone : 0 48 4 -238010 1 A r a ya nk av u 17 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e C hal akkud y

B u i l d i n g No . 2 7/ 22 2 C h e l a k k a r a K r i s hnayya r L an e Di v a n N ar a ya n a M eno n Ro a d

Pa zh a y an nu r W adakkan cher y

C hem bukavu , T hri s s u r -68 0 02 0 Amb a l l u r

Ph on e : 0 48 7 -233799 1 Pat t i kka d

18 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e So bh a T .S .M . C om pl e x

O t t appal a m Pat t am b i

R egi ona l N u rse r y K a nhi ku l a m

I I Fl oor , R a i l w a y S t a t i o n Ro a d P al ak ka d-67 8 00 1

V a d a k k e n c h e r y K ong a d

K appuka d P. O . Ph : 049 1- 645 080 1

Phone : 049 1 - 252 28 0 2 N e n m a r a

19 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e N at t uka l Ja s T ow er s , K oda t h i p pad i Ka r i mb a ( K a l l ad i k ode ) M a nn ark k a d- 67 8 58 2 A l ana l l u r P hone : 04 92 4- 22308 7 T h i r u vaz h i yo d e

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25 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e M ar ee n a Sh op p i n g Co m p l e x

A l akod e R egi ona l N u rse r y C her upuzh a A l akod e P.O .

T. T . Scho o l Pr apoy i l

N at i ona l Hi g h wa y T al i param b a - 67 0 14 1

M at hi l P e r um pa dav u

P hone : 04 6 0- 2 2030 3 7 C happar app adav u Ma th a ma n g a l a m

26 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e B heem an ad y T. T . Scho o l K anhangad u -67 1 31 5 C h i t t a r ik k a l V a t ta m th a t t a P hone : 0 46 7 -220311 4 Ma l a k k a ll u

Pana t h u r

V e l la r ik u n d u

W Y NA D RO AD , KOZ HI KO D E-6 7 3 0 0 1 P HONE : 0 4 9 5 -23 671 9 0 20 . R ub be r Bo a r d R e g i o na l O ffi c e E da ka r a T .T . Sch o o l

P ione e r C o mple x , J y o th i J un c ti o n W a ndo o r W a nd oo r N i la mb u r - 67 9 32 9 Po ok ko t t u m pa da m

21 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e Per i nt hal m an n a R egi ona l N u rse r y Pul i ck a l T ow er s , C our t R oad , Ka ruv a r ak und u Ma n je r i P. B . No . 37 , M a n j e r i - 67 6 12 1 P a ndi kk a d P ay y an ad u P. O . P hone : 0 48 3 -276702 6 A r ea cod e

22 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e M ar e d i a n M an s i o n ( Ne a r M ano r am a )

K odencher y M u k ko m

T. T . Scho o l U lle r i

P. B . No . 139 , W yn a d R oa d P er am br a Koz hi k od e - 67 3 00 1 T ham a r a s s er y P hone : 0 49 5 -276800 6 K al pet t a

23 . R ub be r Bo a r d R e g i o na l O ffi c e I r i t t y T .T . Sch o o l S am a C e n t r e K a r ik o t ta ka r i T h i lla n k e r i O pp . M al aba r H os pi t al , K oot h upa r am b a J ub i le e Ro a d , M anant hav ad y T h a las s e r y • - 67 0 10 1 Per av o o r Phon e : 04 9 0 -232142 0 Ma t t a n n u r

C h un ga ku nn u 24 . R ub be r Bo a r d R e g i o na l O ffi c e C h e m pe r i R e gi ona l N u rse r y

K o t too r Na duv i l Ul i c k a l P.O . S r e e k an dap u r a m -67 0 63 1 P a yy a vo o r ( Vi a ) I r i t t y Ph one : 04 6 0 -223070 0 Pul i kur u m b a

U lic k a l V al ak ka i

Par app a K undam kuzh y C h er uv at ho o r K as a r go d

27 . R ubbe r B oar d R egi o n a l Of f i c e B el t h an gad i T. T . Scho o l I I Fl oor , K um udavat h i Bl d g . P u t tu r K ona l u B al m at t a Su llia M angal or e -57 5 00 1 K ada b a P hone : 0 82 4 -242922 9

27 . 1 .R ubbe r B oa r d G ue s t H ous e B u i ld in g No . M C 16/ 7 / 475/ 3 Is t F loor , ‘ S o um ya ’ M i ss i o n C o m pou nd , Kal p an a Roa d

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B a l m a t t a , M angal or e -57 5 00 1

28 . R ub be r Bo a r d R e g i o na l O ffi c e N R Pu r a AV N B uild i n g Sa ga r Op p . Poor n i m a T heat r e K und ap u r a- 57 6 20 1 P hone : 08 25 4- 23126 9

29 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e D o dam a r g D CN P R ukh i Bl d g . No . 9 / 24 , V as u dev a s ada n Pond a Ci v i l C o ur t P onda , Go a- 40 3 40 1 P hone : 0 83 2 -231288 1

30 . R ub be r Bo a r d R e g i o na l O ffi c e J as h i pu r S ta t io n R oa d K h unt a B a ri pa d a -75 7 00 1 M a y u r b ha n j D i s t , O r i s s a Phone/ Fax : 0679 2 - 2533 9 7

31 . R ubbe r B oa r d O ff i c e P a r l a khem und i 1- 100 , S ant h i n i ke t ha n R aj ah m u n d r y Ro a d R ubbe r D em o ns t n . R am p ac h od avar a m- 53 3 28 8 C e nt r e ( RD C ) , Sukm a Andhr a P r a d e s h S out h Ba s t a r Di s t . P hone : 08 86 4- 24380 2 C hhat t i s gar h -45 4 11 1

RUB B E R B O A R D ZO N A L O FFI C E CHA NDA M AR I K UNJ A B A N P . O . W E S T TR I PU R A AGA R T AL A - 7 9 9 0 0 6 P HO NE : 038 1 -23 55 14 3 FA X : 038 1 -235 314 9

32 . N ucl e u s R ubbe r E s t a t e & R egi onal N u r s e r y

T ra i n i n g Ce n t r e T u l akon a R ubbe r B oa r d , C ha ndam a r i Ku nj a b a n P.O . , We s t T r ip u r a A gart a l a -79 9 00 6 P hone : 0 38 1 -2 3551 43 , 23 5123 3 Fax : 038 1- 23 5314 9

33 . R ubbe r Bo a r d R e g i o na l O ffi c e B el oni a C/ o . N i lku t ir , R am es h C how m uhan i R adha ki s h o r ep u r P . O . , U d ai pu r Sout h T ri p u r a - 79 9 12 0 P hone : 03 82 1- 22249 0

34 . R ub be r Bo a r d R e g i o na l Of f i c e S ona m ur a ( M e l ag ar h ) T . T . Schoo l R ubbe r B oa r d C o mp l e x Kh o wa i Amt a l i C han da m a r i M ohanpu r ( T ar a nagar ) Ku n j ab a n P. O . W e s t T r i pur a A gart a l a -79 9 00 6 P hone : 0 38 1 -235673 6

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35 . R ub be r Bo a r d R e g i o na l Of f i c e Ku m ar g h a t T .T . Sch o o l Net h aj i Ro a d Ka m a l pu r Jurie D ha rm a n aga r No r t h T ri p u r a - 79 9 25 0 P hone : 03 82 2- 23464 4 C ont a c t Fax : 0 382 2- 2207 5 8

RUB B E R B O A R D ZO N A L O FFI C E CE NT RA L B LO C K II , F I RS T FL O O R HOU SE F E D C O M P L EX , B EL TO L A -BA S I S TH A ROA D DI S P U R , G UW AHA T I (A S SAM) -7 8 1 0 0 6 P HO NE / F AX : 0 36 1 -22 2 814 7 36 . R ub be r B o ar d R e g ion a l Of f i ce , E u r ek a Pal ace ,

Sw ar an g C om pl e x , Ne a r Ro y C o l on y , B ehi n d Ni r ma l a C onvent , S a l ugur a P. O . , S i l ig u r i , J a l pai g ur i D is t . , We s t B enga l – 73 4 31 8 P hone : 0 35 3 -200590 8

37 . R ubbe r R e se a rc h an d T r a i n in g C ent r e

H ahar a V i l la g e , H ahar a P . O. , Sonapu r , K a m ru p D is t . , A s sa m – 782 40 2

38 . R ubbe r B oa r d R egi o na l O ff i c e H ous ef e d C om pl ex ,

A gi a N ao ga o n

R e gion a l N u rse ry / DD C

T. T . Scho o l

Ce n t r a l B lo c k , No . 1 , 3r d Fl oor , B e lto l a - B a s i s th a R d

B ong ai ga o n D ar r angg i r i G oal par a D i st ri c t

Sar ut a r i

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38 . 1 . R ubbe r B oa r d G ues t H ous e B ui l di n g No . 5 097 , B el t o l a - B a s i s t h a R o ad , Sur vey , G uw a hat i -78 1 02 8 P hone : 0 36 1 -222070 9 2. R ub be r B oa r d G ues t H ous e

D i s p u r L a s t Ga t e H ous ef e d By e La n e Ho u s e No . 9 D i s pur , G uw ahat i- 78 1 00 6

39 . R ub be r B oar d Re g i o na l O f f i c e

N agal an d St a t e C o -op . Ba n k B u i ld in g , 3r d Fl oor , We s t Win g , K her m ahal , D i m apu r , N ag a l an d - 79 7 11 2 Phone : 0386 2 - 23 609 7

4 0. R u bbe r B oar d R egi ona l O ff i c e

R angi r kh a r i P . O . K ar i m gan j K o la s i b

R egi ona l N u rse r y L ab a c ( T a r apur )

Si l cha r -78 8 00 5 H ai l a kan d i C ach a r D is t r i c t , A s sa m P hone : 03 84 2- 23428 7

R ubbe r D em ons t n . C ent r e K o l a si b , Ph : 0 383 7- 2 2035 7

41 . R ubbe r B oa r d R eg i o na l O ff i c e B i s w ana t h C ha r i a l i K. K . Pat h (Ja i l R oa d) , R u ks i n J or ha t- 78 5 00 1 , A s sa m

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P hone : 0 37 6 -232205 8

42 . R ubbe r Bo a r d R egi o na l O ff i c e D akopgr e ,

M e n d i p a t h a r T i k r ik i ll a

R egi ona l N u rse r y M e n d i p a t h a r

Ne w Tu r a - 79 4 10 1 Wil l i a m n aga r M ani kga n j P.O . W e s t Ga r o H i l l s , M eg ha l a y a P hone : 03 65 1- 23210 9

43 . D i s tr ic t D ev el o p m en t C ent r e R u bbe r Bo a r d J eng g i t c hak gr e D opgi r i P. O . , We s t Ga r o H il l s D is t r ic t M eg ha l a y a -79 4 00 5 P hone : 03 65 1- 22097 5

44 . Nu c l eu s R ub be r E s t a t e & T ra i n i n g Ce n t r e R ubbe r R es ear c h S t a t io n P. O . Sa it ha nk ha r i , So u t h A nd a m an s -74 4 11 1 Phone/ Fax : 0319 2 - 2663 4 9

CE N T RA L NUR S E R Y M ukka d a P . O. , K ar i k k a t t o o r M an i m al a - 68 6 54 4 P hone : 04 82 8 -246 36 2

RESEARCH DEPARTMENT (RUBBER RESEARCH INS TITUTE OF INDIA)/ PROCESSING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Rubber Board, Kottayam-686 009. Fax: 04812353327 Phone: 2353311-20 (10 Lines) E- mail: [email protected]

RESEARCH DEPARTMENT CES CHETHACKAL Central Experiment Station, Rubber Board, Chethackal, Thompikandom P.O., Ranni, Kerala -689 676

Ph: 04735 -261500, 261176, Fax: 04735-260292 CES -Dispensary -260243 A Division Office -261264, B Division Office-261230

RRS PADIYOOR Regional Research Station, Rubber Board, Padiyoor P.O., Kannur-670 703, Ph: 0460 -2273003

RRS DAPCHARI Regional Research Station Rubber Board, Dapchari-401 610, Thane, Maharashtra, Ph: 02528 -202042, Fax: 02528-266071

RRS DHENKANAL Regional Research Station, Rubber Board,


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PWD Road, Near District Employment Exchange, Dhenkanal-759 001, Orissa, Ph: 06762 -224946, Farm: 06764-299332, Contact Fax: 06762-224860

HBSS KADABA Hevea Breeding Sub Station Rubber Board, College Road J.C. Complex, Kadaba-574 221, D.K. Assistant., Karnataka, Ph:/Fax: 08251-214336, e-mail: [email protected] Research Farm – Nettana, D.K. Dist., Karnataka, Ph: 08251 -262336 RRS NAGRAKATA Regional Research Station Rubber Board, Grassmore, Nagrakata, Jalpaiguri-735 225, West Bengal, Ph: 03565 -270016

GUWAHATI Research Complex (N.E. Region) Rubber Board, Beltola - Basista Road, Housefed Complex, Dispur, Guwahati-781 006, Ph: 0361-2228220, 2228245, Fax: 0361-2228147 e- mail:[email protected]

RRS AGARTALA Regional Research Station Rubber Board, Balukiatilla Kunjaban-799 006, Agartala, Tripura Ph: 0381-2352354, 2355143 Fax: 0381-2353149

e-mail: [email protected]

RRS TURA Regional Research Station, Rubber Board, Near AIR Quarters, Dakobgre, P.B. No. 26, Tura -794 001, West Garo Hills, Meghalaya Ph/Fax: 03651 -232413

HBSS THADIKARANKONAM Hevea Breeding Sub Station, Rubber Board, Thadikarankonam P.O, Kanyakumari-629 851 Tamil Nadu, Ph: 04652 -289119 e-mail: [email protected]

REGIONAL SOIL TESTING LABORATORIES Regional Laboratory, Rubber Board Regional Office, Taliparamba-670 141

Regional Laboratory, Rubber Board, East Nadakkavu Kozhikode-673 011, Ph: 0495-2369610

Regional Laboratory, Rubber Board, Peramangalam P.O. Thrissur -680 545, Ph: 0487 -2216705

Regional Laboratory, Mary Matha Square, Arakuzha Road, Moovattupuzha -686 661, Ph: 0485 -2836996

Regional Laboratory, Rubber Board, T.B. Road, Pala-686 575







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Regional Laboratory, Rubber Board, Ann’s Bldgs, Old Church Jn. Kanjirappally-686 507, Ph: 04828 -203184

Regional Laboratory, Rubber Board, Parvathy Mandiram, K.P. Road Adoor-691 523, Ph: 0473-4227168

Regional Laboratory, Rubber Board, East Bangalow, Nedumangadu -695 541, Ph: 0472-2804660

Rubber Board Experimental Farm Unit, RIT Campus, Velloor P.O. Pampady -686 502

PROCESSING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

RUBBERWOOD TESTING LABORATORY, RRDTC COMPLEX Manganam P.O., Kottayam-686 018 Phone: 0481-2577378, 2576052, 2570573 – Extn: 318 e- mail: [email protected]

Model TSR Factory, RRDTC Complex, Manganam P.O., Kottayam-686 018 Ph: 0481-2571453, 2576052, 2570573. E-mail: [email protected], Fax: 2574751

PILOT LATEX PROCESSING CENTRE Central Experiment Station, Rubber Board, Thompikandom P.O., Chethackal, Ranni-689 676 Ph: 04735-262349

TRAINING DEPARTMENT Rubber Training Centre,Rubber Board, Kottayam-686 009 Phone: 0481-2353127, 2353168, 2353325, 2351313 Fax: 0481-2353187 e- mail: [email protected]

MARKET PROMOTION DEP ARTMENT

1st Floor, Central Laboratory Building, RRII Campus, Rubber Board, Kottayam-686 009 Phone: 0481-2354515, 2354520, 2353790, 2353311; Fax: 0481-2353790 e-mail: [email protected] e [email protected]

2.12 Morning hours of the office : Closing hours of the office :

The office hours of various offices of the Board are as follows 5 Day Week

(a) All Headquarter offices under the Administration, Rubber Production, Finance and Accounts, Licensing & Excise Duty, Statistics & Planning Departments, all Zonal offices, NRETC offices and Regional offices under the R.P. Department and all outside offices under the Administration Department and Licensing Section: -- From 9.00 AM to 5.30 PM with half an hour lunch break from 1.00 PM to 1.30 PM

(b) All offices under the Research Department, Processing & Product Development Department, Training Department and Market Promotion Department located at the RRII compound at Puthuppally:- From 8.30 AM to 5.00 PM with half an hour lunch break from 12.30 PM to 1.00 PM (c) Tappers Training School:-

The working hours of the employees in the TT schools will be regulated in such a manner that each functionary will have work for 8 hours.

6 Day Week (a) All offices attached to establishment of Central Experiment Station,

Research Stations, Research Centres, etc:-







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8.30 AM to 5.00 PM with a lunch break of half an hour from 12.30 PM to 1.00 PM

(b) All Field Offices under the R.P. Department:- 9.00 AM to 5.30 PM with a lunch break of half an hour from 1.00 PM to 1.30 PM (c) Farms and Nurseries 8.00 AM to 5.00 PM with one hour lunch break from 1.00 PM to 2.00 PM (Ministerial staff will observe five day week pattern and functionaries in the post of Asst. Farm Superintendent/Asst. Estate Superintendent in farms and nurseries will work for five days a week following the 8 hours effective work a day pattern) Second Saturdays will be closed holidays to the offices serving 6 day week. No offices under the Board shall change office hours or pattern of holidays without obtaining prior approval of the Chairman.

(d) Field stations.

Field Officers will be available in Field stations only on one notified office day in a

week. On all other days the Field Officer will be out in the field rendering service to the growers at their door steps.

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