ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 forms of transportation like bicycles, ships, animal drawn vehicles, hand carts, railways, aeroplanes etc. 1.8 (B) Manufacture of industrial goods Rubber plays a significant role in the manufacture of industrial goods such as belts, packings, moulded goods, and hoses. 1.8 (C) Communications Rubber plays a vital role in communication and transmissions, mainly in the form of insulation for wires and cables. 1.8 (D) Health care In health care and family planning rubber plays an important role in making catheters, hospital sheeting’s, dipped goods, like surgical glove, examinations glove, condoms and a host of other products indispensable in patient care. 1.8 (E) Others Large quantum of rubber is used in making foorwear, proofed fabrics, sheets, floorings, mats and mattresses which are all essential for the day to day life of the people. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION NR cultivation has been traditionally confined to a narrow belt extending from Kanyakumari district of Tamilnadu in the South to Dakshin Kannada and Kodagu districts of Karnataka. Later on, NR activities were extended to non-traditional regions. The total NR acreage is only about 0.57 million ha, there are over one million growers in the country, including 300 estates each with over 20 ha. In other words, NR cultivation in India is essentially a small holder’s affair. The following table shows the State wise distribution of Area under rubber at the end of each year from 1955-56 to 1970-71. Table 1.3 State wise distribution of Area and number of units from 1955-56 to 1970-71. Tamilnadu Kerala Year No. of units 1955-56 27133 1956-57 35473 1957-58 43783 1958-59 50005 1959-60 54822 1960-61 57260 1961-62 62832 1962-63 66206 Area in ha.s 78457 88879 99874 109518 116732 122628 132840 137713 No. of units 81 120 184 255 361 437 587 724 22 Area in ha.s 3773 4187 4393 4687 5111 5508 6238 6576 Karnataka No. of units 16 18 19 21 23 23 27 31 Area in ha.s 1503 1578 1589 1594 1598 1598 1631 1689
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