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Plantations swoon under coronavirus attack, suffer heavy lossesKerala, which is home to several plantation crops, has borne the brunt of the loss, while the rapidly growing number of virus victims in ne...
Weak rains hit plantations hardCoffee growing regions in Karnataka are reeling under a drought.
A bitter year ahead for coffee exportersExports since January are already trailing those from last year.
Kerala planters seek nod for large-scale intercroppingThis will help raise overall transaction of industry; planters seek policy & dedicated department under industries ministry.
Association of Planters of Kerala urge state govt to abolish plantation tax and agricultural income taxThe association chairman Thomas Jacob said the crop production has come down by 30 per cent in tea, 14 per cent in rubber, 60 per cent in c...
APK urges Rubber Board to desist from promoting block rubber productionAt present, the farmers are receiving more than 90% of the price as their farm gate price.
Tea producers voice concern at the boycott of auction by the buyersProducers have voiced concern at the piling up of tea due to the boycott of pan India auction by the tea buyers at a time when industry is ...
Chai pe charcha heats up poll kettleIn Nagrakata constituency in Bengal's tea-growing Jalpaiguri district candidates of all major parties share a legacy - they are from the te...
Unhappy Kerala planters propose new wage planWith the prices of rubber and tea two main crops of the state continuing to keep low, the plantation sector has now agreed that 50 per cent...
Rs 500 daily wage for Kerala tea workers not feasible: UpasiUpasi has made it clear that the demand for a daily basic wage of Rs 500 by the tea plantation workers of Kerala is not feasible given pres...
NCW to initiate research on plight of women plantation workersIn the backdrop of agitation by women plantation workers in Kerala, the National Commission for Women today said it will initiate research ...
Plantation Crisis Hits Kerala Farmers; Planters seek govt nod to use 5% land for alternative usesThe Association of Planters of Kerala has requested the state government to remove anomalies in the land laws to facilitate flexibility in ...
Kerala’s tea planters say hit by ‘worst crisis in 100 years’The Association of Planters of Kerala (APK) said the tea industry in the state is going through one of the worst crisis faced in the past 1...
Purchase tax sop not helpful, say rubber growersThe purchase tax exemption given to all grades of rubber by the Kerala govt has squeezed the income of growers instead of benefitting them.
Plantations in Kerala may 'bleed and sink' after hike in taxesPrices of tea & rubber have been dropping, threatening to push the sectors back to 1999-2006 crisis situation, said APK chairman Gilbert D'...
Association of Planters of Kerala voices concern over industry's survivalThe plantation industry in Kerala has voiced its concern at the rash of problems that threaten its survival and has urged the govt to look ...
- Three lakh tea garden workers observe one-day token strike
Around three lakh workers in 300 tea gardens of North Bengal and Doars area today observed a one-day's token strike demanding renewal of th...
- Suggestions mooted for items in negative list for Indo-EU FTA
About 40 varieties of fish, cashew kernels and salted and roasted cashew are among the products which should be included in the negative li...
- Plantation industry struggles for survival
The plantation sector, which employs five million people, has not benefitted from the economic boom and is "struggling for its survival", a...
- Upasi seeks removal of obsolete laws
The president of the Upasi has called for structural changes by way of removing legislation which, he claimed, was doing the opposite of wh...