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REGISTERED No. D. 221

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART I—Section l

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 200] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1967/AGRAHAYANA 24, 1889

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation.

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE

RESOLUTION

New Delhi, the 15th December 1967

No. 16(5)Plant(B)/67.—In Government's letter No, 16(2)Plant(B)/65 dated the 28th October, 1966, the Tariff Commission was requested under section 12 (d) of the Tariff Commission Act, 195], to conduct necessary enquiries in regard to the cost of production of raw rubber and to submit a report on the fair prices for its different grades and qualities. The Commission has submitted its report wherein the following recommendations have been made:—

(1) An census of actual area under rubber with special reference to mature area should be undertaken by the Rubber Board with the assistance of Revenue authorities in order to make more reliable data available.

(2) The Rubber Boards estimate of an average yield of 294 Kg, per hectare (262 lbs per acre) in the small holdings sector is an under-estimate. It is desirable to devise more stringent measures of checking transac- tions by dealers to ensure not only the correct data of production but also the assessment of the cess actually due,

(3) The existing differentials in the prices of grades of rubber should be

retained as they are.

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(4) For an orderly marketing of indigenous production, it is necessary that imports should come in regular monthly instalments and not as has happened during the latter half of 1966 in large quantities, just when the tapping of trees is at its height.

(5) The Rubber Board should be consulted both on the volume and pro- gramming of imports. The imports should be evenly spread out over the year.

(6) The expenses incurred by a planter for replantation should be consider- ed as capital investment and this replantation cost must be earned through the sale of rubber. One hali of the development expenses (viz., Rs- 11-67) should be included in the retention price of the grower- A new scale of subsidy is recommended to be paid to the growers to enable them to meet the cost of replantation v,hich will not be fully recovered through the retention price.

(7) A price of Rs. 416 per 100 kgs. should be fixed as the price to be letained by the growers f.o.b. Cochin for R.M.A. 1 grade rubber. This will be exclusive of sales-tax and cess. The prices for other grades and for preserved latex will be fixed after adjustment of grade differential* indicated by the Commission.

(8) A reduction in the cess needs to be considered by Government.

(9) The rehabilitation allowance provided for replantation in Kanyakumarl district of Madras State is not on a par with that in the rest of the 1 State, and needs to be looked into by the Government of Madras.

2. Government accept recommendations (1) and (3) above-

3. Government have taken note of the recommendation (2) above.

4. Government have taken note of the recommendations (4) & (5) above and steps will be taken to implement them to the extent practicable.

5. Recommendation (6) is under examination by the Government.

6. Government have already accepted recommendation (7) in para 1 of their Rtttolution No. 19(13)Plftnt(B)/67 dated the 26th September, 1967 published in the Omiette of India Extraordinary dated the 27th September, 1967.

7. Keeping In view the expansion of the developmental and research activitiei of the Rubber Board for further development of the rubber plantation industry, Government do not consider it feasible to reduce the existing rate of ceas on rubber, viz., 30 Paise per kg., as suggested by the Commission in recommendation (8) above.

8. Government have brought the recommendation (9) to the notice of the Gov- ernment of Madras for necessary action.

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Ordered that a copy of the Resolution be communicated to fill concerned,

Ordered also that the Resolution be published In ths Gfilette of India for general information.

S. BANKRJEE, Dy. Secy.