A bitter year ahead for coffee exportersExports since January are already trailing those from last year.
10 Oct, 2018, 11.29 AM IST
First rain brings joy in Darjeeling and Himalayan foothills tea beltPlanters in Terai and Dooars region in foothills are also happy with the shower. “After almost five months long dry spell, the shower was v...
15 Feb, 2018, 03.19 PM IST
Kerala planters seek nod for large-scale intercroppingThis will help raise overall transaction of industry; planters seek policy & dedicated department under industries ministry.
25 Sep, 2017, 10.00 AM IST
RBI asks tea planters to provide space for ATMsWith banks being busy in handling cash transactions at the branch level, tea planters are not sure whether ATMs could be set up in their es...
01 Dec, 2016, 01.30 PM IST
Indian coffee output to decline this fiscal, say plantersAccording to the state-run Coffee Board post-blossom estimate, total production in 2016-17 will be 3,20,000 tonne as against 3,48,000 tonne...
13 Oct, 2016, 11.36 PM IST
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.
29 Aug, 2016, 04.39 PM IST
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 ...
07 Jul, 2016, 03.06 PM IST
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...
17 Nov, 2015, 10.27 AM IST
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.
30 Mar, 2015, 11.06 AM IST
Dry spell threatens Darjeeling’s first-flush tea productionTea planters in Darjeeling and the foothills of sub-Himalayan West Bengal are worried over the lack of post-winter rains, a condition that ...
23 Mar, 2015, 10.04 PM IST
Crash in prices hit tea planters, small growers in Southern India affectedAround 70,000 small and marginal tea growers with a land holding of about 49,000 hectares in the South depend wholly on tea for livelihood.
01 Nov, 2014, 03.23 PM IST
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 ...
07 Nov, 2013, 06.05 PM IST
- Tea tourism plans still on paper
Darjeeling tea planters’ plans to launch tourism on their estates will take some more time to materialise.
11 Jan, 2013, 04.01 AM IST
- Tea production declines in India by 11% in July: Indian Tea Association
Indian Tea Association (ITA) on Tuesday said that tea production has declined by 11% during July this year.
11 Sep, 2012, 05.09 PM IST
- South Indian tea production down for fourth consecutive year
Tea production in southern India is down for the fourth consecutive year due to unfavourable weather conditions, says a report by UPASI.
18 May, 2012, 12.39 PM IST
- Centre keen to revive tea exports
The Union commerce ministry is revamping its tea export strategy to capture newer markets as international prices are brewing higher than d...
09 Dec, 2010, 12.58 AM IST
- Cardamom prices dip over Guatemalan import threat
Cardamom prices in India are coming under pressure with speculation that the Guatemalan crop is reaching the Indian shores amid a lukewarm ...
27 Sep, 2010, 01.16 AM IST