No plans to close Rubber Board: Govt

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 26 2017 | 2:22 PM IST
The government does not have a plan to shut down the Rubber Board, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Rajya Sabha today.
While moving a motion in the Upper House for electing one MP as a member of the Board, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien asked if the government was planning to close the body and stop subsidies to the rubber growers.
To this, Sitharaman said: "No plans to close the Board."
The Minister moved another motion in the House for electing an MP as a member on the Coffee Board.
Before taking up the business in the morning, the House paid homage to two of its former members Shabbir Ahmad Salaria and Mohinder Kaur.

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First Published: Jul 26 2017 | 2:22 PM IST

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