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He urged the Rubber Board to made subsidy available to the farmers and increase their activities by conducting workshops for the people in order to restore the lost confidence amongst the people on Rubber cultivation.
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Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister, Chowna Mein in a meeting with the Chairman cum Executive Director, Rubber Board of India, Dr K N Raghavan has urged to revive the rubber plantations in the State in order to boost the economy of the people.
Mein said that there is huge potential of rubber cultivations in the State and it has come up in a big way in the whole of North Eastern States some years back. However, there is reluctant among the people to grow because of the non-marketing of their product.