The expert committee appointed by the State government to examine various issues affecting the coir sector has submitted an interim report and their recommendations will be implemented after discussions with the stakeholders and trade union leaders, Industries and Coir Minister P. Rajeeve has said.
He was speaking to mediapersons after holding talks with representatives of coir labour unions in Alappuzha on Wednesday. Mr. Rajeeve said the committee had prepared the report after discussions with trade unions, producers, small-scale units, and exporters.
The report contains several recommendations regarding coconut husk procurement, production of coconut fibre, coir spinning sector, coir products manufacturing sector, export, small-scale sector, public sector undertakings, societies, prospects of coir geotextiles, Coir Board, mechanisation, and so on. “The government has not yet approved the interim report. We hope to accept the recommendations after discussions at various levels,” the Minister said.
