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India eyes Kazakhstan, other CIS countries for tea exportsIndia exported 46.92 million kg of tea to the region during April-January 2017-18, down from 49.63 million kg in the previous year, even as...
Planters happy with Rs 400 crore benefit schemeSpecial Packages for North East, Idukki district of Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have been devised for taking care of the speci...
Tea growers demanded renegotiation of ASEAN– India FTA agreementAfter the agreement comes into full effect, duty cut in import of the green beverage is feared to cause severe adverse impact on Indian tea...
Over two lakh Indian small tea growers demand special financial reliefAround 2 lakh Small Tea Growers(STG) of the country have urged for special financial subsidy to compensate unprecedentedly low level of pri...
Tea is yet to find support of any weather based insurance coverMeteorological record clearly shows the tea belt of Bengal or Assam in a critical climatic zone with high frequency of adverse weather cond...
Small tea growers in trouble as brokers stop advance paymentsSmall tea growers mainly sell teas through auction system for transparency of sale where they generally get advance payments from the broke...
Tea yet to find insurance coverage against adverse weather conditionsAfter remaining almost dry during entire winter till 25th March, Darjeeling hills and Sub Himalayan West Bengal has started witnessing a su...
Northern West Bengal gives its mixed response over Union Budget 2015The Union Budget received a mixed response from north-west Bengal, with some intiatives receiving kudos, while many demands appeared to hav...
Small tea growers welcome proposal to amend tea ActSmall-scale tea growers have welcomed an amendment to the Indian Tea Act as they expect the move, if implemented, to benefit this group of ...
Small tea growers ask for reshaping of directorate’s activity patternAs per present system, ITB announces a monthly district wise benchmark price of green leaf for the BLFs to follow while paying to the STGs.
Tea: STGs from round the globe joining hands hoping to ensure fair priceStepping out of individual country boundary, small tea growers from round the globe, are in process of developing a close bondage at intern...
Small tea growers to escalate land issues to central levelThe trouble for near 25000 Small Tea Growers in West Bengal pertaining to their land, which started during left party ruling in the state, ...
Budget 2014: North Bengal gives mixed responseNorthern West Bengal came out with a mixed response over the first budget of Modi Government on Thursday, presented by Union Finance Minist...
No sign of crop insurance coverage for weather hit tea sectorThe weather hit tea sector is yet to have any positive hope form the policy makers on its long pending demand of coverage under under Agric...
ITB to facilitate micro factories under STG's ownershipIndian Tea Board funded research of IIT Kharagpur has developed a Micro tea factory suitable for small tea growers, at present dependent on...
Tea producers want system ensuring quality green leaf supply from green leaf growersWhile small tea grower's demand for guaranteed price for green leaf has already been addressed by ITB, now the bought leaf factories demand...
Small tea growers & factory owners lock horns over sharing of realized priceLong standing dispute over sharing of the market realization has finally brought the two major beneficiary sections of Indian tea trade fac...
- Small tea growers demand new price sharing formula
The decision to press hard on this demand has been taken in the just concluded seventh Annual General Body Meeting of CISTA.
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...