Tracing the history of coir, Mishra said it has been part of India's civilization since time immemorial. The English word coir originated from Tamil and Malayalam word 'Kayar'. Despite a 17 percent ...

Kerala Industries Minister P Rajeeve has said there is a new-found enthusiasm in the coir sector as evidenced in the quantum jump in production and procurement in the state. He said this while ...

Aiming to stop the procuring of coir fibre from neighbouring states such as Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the state government is planning to increase the availability of fibre in state by active ...

India is the largest coir producer in the world accounting for more than 80 per cent of the total world production. According to the tweet by the minister, India now exports coir and coir products to ...

The MSME Ministry has made efforts to promote coir production in other states in the country, Narayan Rane, Union Minister for MSME, has said. Towards achieving this objective, he said the Government ...

Muhamma, located on the western bank of Vembanad Lake, is dotted with coir units. It is home to a number of coir cooperative societies and individual units engaged in coir yarn spinning, production of ...

India is a leading exporter of coir products with an annual export value of nearly R800 crore. The R2,000-crore traditional industry employs more than five lakh workers. Traditional markets for coir ...

The decision of the Union government to use coir geotextiles in the construction of rural roads is expected to give new impetus to the coir industry in the State. A communication from the National ...

Tourism-favourite coastal destinations—from Goa to Kerala to Chennai—now ensure that even the coconut water boom generates livelihoods rather than waste.

COIMBATORE: The coir production units in Pollachi, which was elated with a ray of hope in business with new export orders, are facing a major hurdle with the shortage of workforce. With hardly 70 to ...