No plans to close Rubber Board: Govt

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.