Kochi, February 27:Union Home Minister P Chidabharam today called for modernization of the traditional coir sector in Tamil Nadu and concentration on export of value added products which are in high demand in the international market.
Inaugurating the Coir Board’s Sub Regional Office at Singampunari in Sivaganga District, he said the Coir industry of Tamil Nadu, the second largest coir producing state after Kerala, was capable of generating more employment to the rural artisans, mostly women, and therefore, needed to be modernized so as to earn better wages for the workers, a press release said here.
He also congratulated Coir Board Chairman V S Vijayaragahavan for bringing in upgraded technology in the traditional coir industry of Tamil Nadu under the Board’s Rejuvenation, Modernisation and Technology Upgradition (REMOT) scheme to make it vibrant and export oriented.
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