Tea estates in Assam may start growing rubber as wellThe Assam government in August allowed up to 5% of the total land of tea gardens to be used for promotion of eco-friendly tea tourism, cult...
05 Nov, 2022, 12.44 AM IST
Only 39 per cent of workers can be considered as permanent workers in tea plantation sector in Assam: Oxfam IndiaOxfam India is working in seven districts of Assam—Biswanath, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Tezpur, Golaghat and Sivasagar.
15 Jul, 2021, 12.30 PM IST
COVID-19: Assam tea planters stare at Rs 1,218 crore lossAs per the Tea Board of India official figures, the annual average price of tea of North India (which includes Assam) at the Indian auction...
15 Apr, 2020, 05.44 PM IST
Assam tea workers get only 7 per cent of price, says reportFor a 200 gram packet of branded Assam tea sold in India for Rs 68, less than Rs 5 is left for workers.
10 Oct, 2019, 08.38 PM IST
Wages of tea workers in Assam revised to Rs 115 per dayThe tea industry of Assam valley was represented by five employers association and employees were represented by Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha.
26 Feb, 2015, 05.56 PM IST
Assam CM urges Deputy Commissioners to scrutinize Plantation labour actTea tribe constitutes 17 per cent of the State’s population and its support is crucial for forming the next government in 2016.
19 Dec, 2014, 01.39 PM IST
SBI and Amalgamated Plantation ink MOU to provide loan to small tea growersSBI on Monday inked an MOU to provide credit to small tea growers operating with Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL).
16 Dec, 2014, 03.53 PM IST
Wagh Bakri group to enter in tea plantation business by 2015Wagh Bakri Tea Group will get into tea plantation business by 2015.
04 Dec, 2013, 04.06 PM IST
Plantation acquistion on the cards: MA Alagappan, Murugappa GroupIn an interview, MA Alagappan, immediate past executive chairman of Murugappa Group, talks to ET about renewed focus on organic tea and lik...
19 Oct, 2010, 12.39 AM IST
- Kanan Devan eyes acquisition in North
Kanan Devan Hill Plantations (KDHP), India’s first labour-owned plantation management company, is scouting for acquisition opportunities in...
19 Nov, 2009, 02.28 AM IST
- MoP shortage hits Assam tea production
Acute shortage of Muriate of Potash in tea gardens in Assam has affected the overall manuring programmes, posing a serious threat to the pr...
08 Jan, 2008, 06.55 PM IST
- Tatas may sell some stake in tea plantation business
A number of foreign investors are in talks for picking up a significant stake in Tata group's tea plantation business in India spanning acr...
02 Oct, 2007, 01.00 PM IST
- Tezpore Tea to sell Merryview estate to Dalmia; share up 10%
Shares of Tezpore Tea Ltd surged nearly 10 per cent Friday, on news of the company entering into an agreement with Dalmia Tea Plantation & ...
21 Sep, 2007, 01.15 PM IST
- Tata group to hold about 35% in APPL
The shareholding pattern of Amalgamated Plantations (APPL), the new company formed by Tata Tea after restructuring its North Indian Plantat...
05 Apr, 2007, 02.16 AM IST
- Unions oppose Tata Tea's plans to merge estates
Tata Tea’s decision to divest its North India Plantation Operations (NIPO), comprising 25 tea estates in Assam and West Bengal into a new c...
22 Mar, 2007, 12.42 AM IST
- IFC, IL&FS pick up 20% each in Tata Tea arm
Washington’s IFC and Mumbai-based Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) have picked up 20% each in Tata Tea’s new subsidiar...
29 Sep, 2006, 02.49 AM IST
- Tatas may take a tea break
Tata Tea plans to spin off plantations in the north as a separate co; IFC, IL&FS keen to take over control.
07 Sep, 2006, 01.32 AM IST