Kerala State Bamboo Corporation's main activity is collection of good quality reeds from Government forests and distributing these reeds to the registered mat weavers of the Corporation, throughout the State of Kerala, on credit basis and procuring woven mats made of these reeds at reasonable prices, thus providing employment and regular means of livelihood to these weaver sections of the society.

With a capital base of about Rs.645 Lakhs, this Corporation is serving almost of one lakh number of traditional workers as under:-

Mats
Current Price of Bamboomats of different varieties as on
23-01-2006.

Sl.No	Standard Marks	Guaranteed Measurement		Price for 100 mats
		in Cms	in Feet	Rs.   Ps.
1	APR	152*91	5*3	2800.00
2	APR	183*122	6*4	4500.00
3	APR	244*152	8*5	7600.00
4	APR	274*183	9*6	10100.00

All the rates are net F.O.R. Angamaly/Thiruvananthapuram and subject to change without notice.
For Inter State Sales 'C' Form to be submitted in advance along with the orders otherwise C.S.T 10% will be chargeable.
Sufficient advance should be given along with the order.
For further details, contact our Commercial Dept. Tel: 0484-2452596, 2456575:
New Projects and R&D Activities etc.

New projects

Implementation of following New Projects are being proposed:-
i. Bamboomat corrugated sheets (BMCS).
ii.Bamboomat Composite Boards for roofing and paneling.

R&D Activities

To reduce the cost of production of Bambooply we are developing thicker mats from Reeds as well as Bamboos as Core mats for Bambooply. Already produced some thicker mats with reeds and production of Bambooply on trial basis is in progress and further trials are also going on to improve this for commercialization.

WELFARE ACTIVITIES
(i) Reed Cutters/Mat Weavers
> Reed cutters have been covered under Group Janatha Personal Accident Insurance and Group Janarogya Bhima Policy for Reimbursement of Medical expense and for getting death aid.
> Providing Incentive /Bonus to the Reeds cutters and Mats weavers every year as per prevailing norm. Periodical Training is imparted to Mat weavers to improve their skills.
(ii) Depot Workers (on daily wage/piece rate basis)
>Extending Employees Provident Fund Benefit
> Providing Medical assistance to workers and their dependents in lieu of ESI @ one month salary every year per worker.
> Providing Incentive/Bonus every year.
(iii) Central Godown/Complex Workers (on daily wage/piece rate basis)
>Extending Employees Provident Fund Benefit ? Extending ESI coverage.
>Providing Incentive /Bonus every year.
(iv) Loading/Water Transporting Workers (on piece rate basis)
> Providing Incentive /Bonus to the workers every year as per prevailing norm.
>Covered under Mediclaim, Janatha Personal Accident and Personal Accident Policies of National Insurance Co. for reimbursement of medical assistance and death aid.