The Consultative Committee meeting of
the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry was held in
Delhi today. The subject for today’s meeting was “Performance of Commodity
Boards in supporting Plantation Sector in India”. The Minister of State
(Independent Charge)for Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Chaired the meeting. It was
attended by Members of Parliament Sh. Dinesh Trivedi, Ms. Jyoti Dhurve, Sh.
Ajay Sancheti, Sh. NareshGujral and Sh. Vayalar Ravi. The officers of the Department
of Commerce and head of the Plantation Commodity Boardswere also present in the
meeting.
The members were apprised about
the plantation sector in India including the performance of Tea Board, Coffee
Board, Spices Board and Rubber Board in development of the sector. The recent
initiatives taken by the Government and the Commodity Boards such as mitigating
adverse effects of climate change by extending Prime Minister KrishiSinchaiYojana,
Revenue insurance Scheme for Plantation Sector for protecting plantation
growers from the twin risks of weather and prices. Further, the concerted
efforts taken towards promotion of organic farming and development of quality
standards of commodities were also discussed.
MJPS
