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West Bengal Assembly Election Phase 1 2026: Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh & Humayun Kabir among key candidates across constituenciesWest Bengal Phase 1 Elections 2026: Polling for the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections commences on Thursday, April 23. This sig...
Amidst declining tea prices, planters remain worried over low-quality imports, seek actionIndian tea planters are worried about the increasing imports of low-quality, duty-free tea, which they believe are entering the domestic ma...
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...
CISTA urges Piyush Goyal to curb imports of substandard tea to protect Indian tea industryThe Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Association (CISTA) urged Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal to prevent the import of low-q...
Tea industry issues hold key in north Bengal pollsThe sector is plagued by the twin blows of rising production costs and lower price realisation at the auctions, former Tea Board chairman P...
Small tea growers voice concern over 'poor' quality teas flooding marketCISTA said that the commerce ministry has enhanced the budget for a generic campaign of tea which is the need of the hour.
Small tea growers play pivotal role in industry: GoyalThe Union Minister also urged tea growers to aim for high-value markets such as the US, the Middle East and Europe and also bring sustainab...
Small tea growers seek cooperation and support from organized sectors and governmentThe National Small Tea Grower's Conference 2023 highlighted the significance of small tea growers (STGs) in the Indian tea industry and the...
Small tea growers for clusters to achieve scale, submit status report to Commerce ministryThe report also cited the hurdles faced by the STGs in raising credit from the financial institutions. According to the report, lack of pas...
Small tea growers want minimum support priceWithout own processing facilities, STGs always depend on standalone factories, not owned by any garden, to process their green leaf.
Small Tea growers want change in Tea policy making policy of Government.The federation has sent a charter of demand with this as the prime one in it to Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu on Mo...
Tea Board to come up with guidelines for tea processors for small tea growersMore than 200 STG representatives demanded concrete supportive measures from the government to set up their own manufacturing units.
After Dooars and Darjeeling, new areas in Bengal to produce teaIIT-Kharagpur officials said they would provide all required technological and agricultural inputs for new croppers.
Small tea growers demand immediate amendment in TMCOGovernment of India has earmarked a sum of Rs 200 crore for the development of Small Tea Growers(STG) sector that contributes around 35% to...
Small Tea Growers go off field in West Bengal following tussle with factory ownersThe STG went off field in northern WB today following recurrence of a tussle with factory owners on the issue of quality vs price of green ...
CISTA demands agriculture status for tea plantationSmall tea growers(STG) community, that contribute over 36% to the Indian national tea production, wants agriculture status for tea plantati...
CISTA to organise International conference of small tea growersCISTA, apex body of Indian small tea growers, will organise India International Small Tea Growers Conference at Tea Auction Centre, Jalpaig...
Budget 2013: Small tea growers demand for subsidized fertilizer remained unheardSmall tea demand for subsidized fertilizers for tea sector like other agriculture sectors did not find any place in FM’s budget speech.
Budget 2013: Small tea growers demand for subsidized fertilizer remained unheardThe demand of national apex body of near 27000 Indian small tea growers for subsidized fertilizers for tea sector did not find any definite...
Budget 2013: Tea sector seeks crop insurance and fertiliser subsidy"Despite being highly dependent on the climatic whims, tea is not covered under the schemes of Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limit...