Indian Tea Association urges price stability, relief for Darjeeling sectorThe Indian Tea Association is calling for government intervention to stabilize tea prices. They propose production controls and export supp...
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ET Make in India SME Regional Summits: Kolkata's industry veterans plot the city's economic renaissanceDespite Trump tariffs and import floods, leather barons, tea magnates, and green innovators see a path to make West Bengal's MSMEs globally...
13 Sep, 2025, 09.12 AM IST
ET Make in India SME Regional Summit, Kolkata, showcases Bengal’s tech-tradition blend amid labour and tariff hurdlesThe ET Make in India SME Regional Summit is a nationwide series of on-ground events aimed at bringing together local MSMEs, policymakers, e...
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Indian tea industry concerned over higher US tariff, exports likely to hitThe Indian tea industry is worried about the US imposing higher tariffs, potentially hurting tea exports to America, a key market. In 2024,...
01 Sep, 2025, 03.47 PM IST
Raw tea leaf prices crash 50% amid surging imports and weak export demandRaw tea leaf prices dropped nearly 50% year-on-year in August to ₹14/kg due to rising low-cost imports from Kenya and Nepal and export unce...
21 Aug, 2025, 11.32 AM IST
Forget tariffs—foreign tourists pay in forex, smile in returnIndia should prioritize inbound tourism as a powerful, geopolitically stable export sector. Unlike manufactured goods, tourism isn't affect...
26 May, 2025, 11.12 PM IST
Highlights of Assam Budget 2025-26Assam's finance minister presented a budget focusing on subsidies for solar adoption, support for youth and tea workers, financial aid for ...
10 Mar, 2025, 08.03 PM IST
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Assam BJP distances itself from Maha political crisisSeveral MLAs of MVA coalition have been taking shelter in a hotel in Guwahati since June 22. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told ...
26 Jun, 2022, 02.23 PM IST
Tea planters in Assam seek CM's intervention in proposed electricity tariff revisionAccording to the tea planters Assam Power Distribution Company Limited has proposed to increase fixed charge from Rs. 250.00 to Rs. 320.00,...
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India to curb tea exports to PakIndia had accorded Most Favoured Nation Status to all WTO members, including Pakistan.
18 Feb, 2019, 08.59 AM IST
Assam tea planters to move Centre against ASEAN Free Trade AgreementPlanters in Assam fear that cheap tea will flood the Indian market and Indian tea will not be able to withstand the competition owing to in...
17 Nov, 2017, 07.01 PM IST
need2know: Six things you must know to start day on Dalal StreetBank credit growth has slipped to 4.32% in the fortnight to April 28, against 63-year low of 5.08% in FY17
11 May, 2017, 07.57 AM IST
Chinese demand for CTC Indian tea remains subdued in 2016Though China has disappointed exporters, demand in Iran continues to be strong enough to bring smiles back to their faces.
09 Aug, 2016, 01.48 AM IST
Power tariff up in Assam by 36 paiseAERC had hike power tariff by 2.4% in categories of consumers like high tension industries, tea, coffee & rubber industries in December las...
01 Jul, 2014, 05.39 PM IST
- Tea prices likely to soar Rs 5-10 a kg next season
Tea prices in India are expected to rise by Rs 5-10 per kg in the next season which kicks off in March 2011 because of an overall shortage ...
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- Beware of ghost roamers!
Living in West Bengal and using a prepaid cellphone connection? In case you are, then, you must read this.
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