ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 completed higher secondary and remaining 30 per cent tappers are graduate. It signifies that majority of the tappers are literate in the study area. 6. An average time of 3 hours is taken for tapping; 1 hour is taken for collection of latex and 0.45 hour is taken for rolling. Almost all the cases drying and smoking of the sheets are done by the owner of the land himself. In some cases the owner himself may manage all allied works of tapping. 7. The majority of the NR tappers received payment of their advance money on weekly basis , because they receive remuneration calculated tapping per tree in Kanyakumari district. 8. Only 46 per cent of the tappers felt that the functioning of the Government support is poor. Among them 31 are in Kalkulam taluk, 25are in Vilavancode taluk and 13 are in Thovalai taluk. 9. Male tappers dominate the field of tapping. Female tappers are interested more in estate tapping because there is no gender discrimination regarding wage or allowances. 10. Only a few tappers are in the study area facing monkey bite, snake bite, elephant destruction etc., 11. In Kalkulam taluk, majority of the tappers receive low charges or low wages, and nearly 20 per cent of the tappers are facing the problems like non-seasonal cultivation of rubber in Vilavancode and Thovalai taluks . 12. A number of tapping families enjoy financial support for constructing houses and improving residential facilities from Housing Board and other governmental and non- governmental institutions 13. Out of 150 respondents, 57 per cent of the respondents are getting advance money from the government or owner of the garden and the remaining 43 per cent of the respondents are not getting advance money from the government or owner of the garden. 14. A five point questionnaire was framed to assess the opinion regarding the Training programmes attended by tappers in Kanyakumari district. It was found that the majority of 26 per cent of the tappers have expressed satisfied and moderate the Training programmes. 15. A least of 16 per cent of the tappers felt satisfied and very poor in the nature of the assistance of rubber board in Kanyakumari. 16. The experiences of NR tappers in Kanyakumari district and its classification into three taluks are as below: Out of total respondents, 82(70 per cent) are having the experiences of above 10 years. 17. Only the least number of the tappers, 34(25 per cent) have earned a monthly income of below Rs. 20000/--. 161
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