The Indian Railways is likely to replace plywood with coir wood to make seats and berths in trains, said the chairman of the Coir Board, C P Radhakrishnan on Wednesday. "Indian Railways procures 1,750 ...

Coir rope making is now a flourishing industry at Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) estate at Swarupkathi under Nesarabad upazila of the district. Strong and thick ropes, ...

Pollachi, one of the world’s largest exporters of coir fibre and pith, is facing a setback like never before. Coir manufacturers are stocking thousands of tonnes because the prices have fallen to a ...

With regard to basic amenities required for the industry and workers, he said the ministry would discuss the issue with the Centre and implement them. Efforts would be made to bring coir industry at ...

Vasudevan K., 65, was born into a family of coir workers at Aryad, near Alappuzha. His first tryst with the golden fibre at a professional level came when he joined a chaapra (coir products ...

Kochi: With the 160,000 workers in Kerala’s coir industry hit by slowing demand for their products and lack of sufficient raw material, a recent study by a state government body has suggested a ...

Livelihood of the tribal people in Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) has started improving, thanks to the coir making employment initiative taken by the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation ...

The state tourism department has come forward to promote the traditional coir making process as a tourism product. It has proposed to bring together the traditional wares and craftsmen along with ...

The Coir Board is looking to encourage setting up of large industries to make value-added coir products. In pursuance of this, the board is expected to unveil a scheme next week. S. Mahesh Kumar, ...