Kerala Congress (KC) chairman P.J. Joseph here on Sunday called on the Union and State governments to end the apathy towards arresting the fall in natural rubber prices.
Inaugurating the 59th formation day of the Kerala Congress, Mr. Joseph said that the State government had not taken any steps to fulfil its election promise of procuring rubber at a base price of ₹250.
“Prices of all agricultural crops have fallen sharply and price support schemes have been limited to announcements. This has triggered the collapse of the Kerala economy even as the public debt of the State has soured to ₹4 lakh crore,” he said.
