1Associate professor, Department of Corporate Secretary Ship, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India
2Ph. D Scholar in International Business and Commerce, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India
Online published on 21 November, 2017.
Natural rubber is the valued raw materials from very old times. By 2000–01 India had emerged as the fourth largest manufacturer of natural and synthetic rubber products in the world. The rubber industry at present consists of 6 major sectors, namely the Natural Rubber (NR) producing sector, the Synthetic Rubber (SR) producing sector, reclaimed rubber manufacturing, the rubber products manufacturing sector, the machinery segment and the rubber chemicals manufacturing sector. The total annual turnover of the Industry is about Rs 250, 000 million giving direct employment to 1.5 million people. The Indian rubber industry has entered the 21“ century with tremendous growth prospects. Vast internal market, rapid industrialisation, improved living standard of the masses and availability of almost all types of raw materials from within the country and the emergence of Information Technology revolution have been responsible for the phenomenal growth of the industry. In the recent years rubber cultivators are facing numerous problems. The present paper is an attempt to study the problems faced by rubber cultivators in the selected districts of Kerala.
Rubber production, Environmental costs, Cronbach's alpha reliability
