MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN INDIA
MINERALS
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Karnataka
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West Bengal
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Kerala
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Assam
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kerala is the leader in rubber production. Kerala has the highest number of rubber products manufacturing units ( 900). High demand of rubber has opened up immense opportunities for the state in the rubber sector. Kerala produces 95% of the total supply of rubber wood in India.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Kerala, around 40 per cent of the area as well as 45 per cent of production of rubber comes from three districts i.e., Kottayam, Ernakulam and Pathanamthitta.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main raw materials of a tyre are natural rubber, synthetic rubber, carbon black and oil. The share of rubber compounds in the total weight of a tyre is more than 80%. The rest consists of various kinds of reinforcing materials. Approximately half of the rubber is natural rubber from a rubber tree.
Detailed explanation-4: -Though Kerala remains to be the major producer of rubber in the country, production in the southern State dropped from 5.40 lakh tonnes (lt) in 2017-18 to 5.33 lt during 2019-20. Overall production in the country was 6.94 lt in 2017-18 and 7.12 lt in 2019-20.