WITH the price of natural rubber in the domestic market remaining consistently below ₹200 per kilogram, the rubber farmers have decided to go ahead with their protest of holding rubber with them.
The National Consortium of Rubber Producer Societies (NCRPS), a collective of rubber farmers, has urged farmers not to sell rubber below ₹200/kg to strengthen their protest, which is being carried out under the slogan 'No price, no rubber'.
According to NCRPS office-bearers, the current low prices are a result of tactics employed by tyre companies in India and dealers who supply rubber directly to these companies.
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