Puliyanam Rubber Producers Soceity helps small rubber growers to be organised thus rubber growers got better price for their product. In order to solve this Rubber Board took the first initiative in 1960 s by staring Rubber Marketing Cooperative Societies.
But it could not reach out to resource poor growers in rural areas. The political and beurocratic control in these cooperatives was a hindrance to promote the self-help concept. In order to solve this and to promote self-help concept, in 1986 the Rubber Board promoted formation of small voluntary associations of small growers registered under the Charitable Societies Act called the Rubber Producers Societies (RPS) in 1986.
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