Presidential Address by Mr.A.E.Joseph at the 126th Annual Conference of UPASI held on 14th September 2019

摘要

The plantation sector plays an integral role in the economy of the three southern states. Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka together accounts for almost one fifth of the total tea output and practically the entire production of Coffee, natural rubber and spices. South India accounts for 67% of the growers and 55% of workers engaged in plantation activities all over India. To be specific -12.60 lakh growers - most of them small and marginal are cultivating plantation crops in 11.57 lakh hectares providing round the year permanent employment to 13.47 lakh workers majority of whom are women from the lower strata of the society.