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Short Communication | Economics & Management | India | Volume 9 Issue 12, December 2020

Political and Legal Issues Existing in Rubber Producers? Society - A Case Study on RPS Poothrikka, Kerala

Amrita Anand ^[3] | G. Veerakumaran

Abstract: Hevea brasiliensis is one among the major source of Natural Rubber (NR). Rubber Producers’ Societies (RPS) was formed as voluntary self help associations of small growers of NR, under the 12th Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Act of 1956. The present study analysed the political and legal issues faced in Poothrikka RPS in Ernakulam district of Kerala. The primary data were collected from president and executive committee members of the society. The issues were studied in political and legal aspects and analysed using index methodology. The study concluded that there exist no such significant issues in the society.

Keywords: Rubber Producers’ Society, Natural Rubber, Political issues, Legal issues

Edition: Volume 9 Issue 12, December 2020,

Pages: 1611 - 1614