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Rubber Board opens INR Konnect tapping platform
The Hindu BusinessLine·
The Rubber Board launched INR Konnect to link plantation owners, tappers and adopters so idle rubber holdings can enter tapping. Chairman N. Hari opened the campaign and said younger people need paths back into rubber cultivation. Executive Director M. Vasanthagesan said the tool serves untapped owners and tappers and asked for suggestions. The drive ran under Reforms Utsav.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Owners of idle rubber plots can list holdings for tappers or adopters through the new portal.
- Tappers seeking work gain a Board-backed channel besides informal local contacts.
- Reforms Utsav framing places the launch inside a wider citizen-service awareness push.
What's Happening
- Hari stressed bringing the younger generation into cultivation and new industrial ventures.
- Vasanthagesan said stakeholders take the initiative forward after the launch.
- The Board said large NR areas stay untapped for lack of skilled tappers and adopter access.
What The Platform Tries To Fix
- INR Konnect is a digital interface among owners, tappers, adopters and other agencies.
- Bringing idle plantations into tapping is meant to raise output from existing trees.
- The campaign introduced the tool to growers, tappers and prospective adopters in one briefing.
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