To kick-start activities of the Plantation Directorate to ensure effective intervention in the plantation sector, the government on Wednesday appointed Director of Industry and Commerce S. Harikishore as its special officer.
An official statement from the office of Industries Minister P. Rajeeve said steps would be initiated to reopen all closed plantations in the State. Administrative measures would be taken to make the plantation sector, which has been recognised as an industry, profitable and create more employment opportunities.
Steps would also be made to ensure fair prices and insurance cover for commercial crops. The wages of the plantation workers would be revised at regular intervals in consultation with the Labour department.
