{"id":17068,"date":"2025-09-03T11:49:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17068"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:15:47","slug":"coconut-development-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/coconut-development-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Development Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Coconut Development Board\u00a0 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Coconut Development Board (CDB) has celebrated World Coconut Day by launching its newly revised schemes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Coconut Development Board \u00a0 <\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>statutory body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> established under the <\/span><b>Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Government of India<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was established for the <\/span><b>integrated development of coconut<\/b> <b>production <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and utilization in the country with focus on productivity increase and product diversification.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The board came into existence on <\/span><b>12th January 1981.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Regional offices:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has regional Offices at <\/span><b>Bangalor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e in Karnataka, <\/span><b>Chennai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Tamil Nadu, <\/span><b>Guwahati <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Assam and <\/span><b>Patna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Bihar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kochi in Kerala<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Functions of Coconut Development Board<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adopting <\/span><b>measures for the development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the coconut industry, inter alia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imparting <\/span><b>technical advice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to those engaged in coconut cultivation and industry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Providing financial<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>other assistance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the expansion of the area under coconut<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encouraging adoption of modern technologies for processing of coconut and its products<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adopting measures to <\/span><b>get incentive prices<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for coconut and its products<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Recommending measures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for improving marketing of coconut and its products<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Recommending measures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for <\/span><b>regulating imports<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and exports of coconut and its products<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fixing grades, specifications and standards for coconut and its products<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=2163062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coconut Development Board is a statutory body established by the Government of India. 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