Rubber Board Regional Office Dimapur, under the ministry of Commerce & Industry flagged off NE-MITRA project 2023 in Nagaland recently. As per the release issued by Rubber Board Regional Office Dimapur, Rubber Board under the NE-MITRA project would be distributing free rubber saplings for planting this season, where every individual beneficiary would be eligible for a maximum of 2 hectares (900 saplings).

The release stated that regional office would cover an area of 2500 ha under the current financial year. NE-MITRA is a five-year project started in 2021 proposed to cover an estimated area of 20,000 ha during the plan period, the release stated.

The release also added that the department will be covering all districts under Nagaland state suitable for rubber cultivation, and therefore requested interested person to contact concerned Rubber Board Field Stations at Niuland, Sanis or Regional Office.