2-day 124th UPASI conference from September 13 in Coonoor

The two day 124th Annual Conference of United Planters Association of Southern India (UPASI) will begin in Coonoor in nearby Nilgiris District on September 13.

Minister of State (Independent Charge) for MSME Giriraj Singh will be the chief guest for the conference and there will be a half day session on Commodities in the morning of the inaugural day.

Representatives of Tea/Coffee/Rubber and Spices Boards will make presentations at the conference, to be chaired by the Joint secretary (Incharge for Plantations), Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, Santosh Kumar Sarangi, an UPASI release said.

There would be an interactive session on Environment and Forests the next day,which would be attended by officials from the Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change and also officials from the Forest Department of three states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
 

The UPASI Industrial Exhibition will be held coinciding with the conference, it said.