The Jamaican Rastafarian cuisine, a treat for vegetariansPopular beverages that come with a twist, you must try includes the Bush tea, Sorrel drink which is Hibiscus tea.
Tea planters apprehending heavy and long term yield lossThe situation is even worse in Sikkim adjoining Darjeeling hills or many North east Region areas where rainfall has been recorded around 10...
Tea planters apprehending heavy and long term yield lossTea Association of India Secretary General P. K. Bhattacharjee, apprehends the production at many tea producing zones to come down by 25% i...
- PSC urges GoI to ensure large scale re-plantation of tea bushes.
The PSC on Commerce has urged the ministry to go for re-plantation or rejuvenation of old tea bushes on priority basis.
- 'First Flush' of Darjeeling tea feared to get delayed due to cold wave
Behind the delight of tourists with snowing Darjeeling hills, freezing foothills, the moist, the fog and chill of northwestern wind, there ...
- Tea Industry to upgrade quality and hike production to meet demand
For starters, Tea Board has lined up a Rs 150 cr corpus for R&D of which Rs 20 cr will be spent on developing weather resistant tea clones.
Tea planters want central scheme SPTF to be reframedSPTF created to ensure higher rate of replantation did not work because of its faulty framework- identified Parliamentary Standing Committe...
- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce asks Tea Board to address drop in Indian tea production
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce has asked Tea Board and commerce ministry to address the issue of drop in Indian tea productio...
- Tea industry likely to invest less this year with lesser financial assistance from Tea Board
Tea Board generally gives 25% subsidy on schemes that are aimed at increasing the quality and productivity of tea bushes.
- Tea industry demands 40% subsidy under Special Purpose Tea Fund
Tea industry has demanded to increase the rate of subsidy under the Special Purpose Tea Fund (SPTF) from the existing 25% to 40%.
- Replanting to help tea cos raise yield
With domestic consumption of quality tea growing at an annual rate of 3%, the Indian tea industry is going in for a massive replantation of...
- Tea fund gains momentum as banks pitch in
The replantation and rejuvenation of country’s ageing tea bushes under the SPTF scheme has gathered momentum as a consortium of 4 banks led...
- Darjeeling's Ambootia Group buys Bush Tea
Ambootia Group, the second-largest Darjeeling tea producer in the country, has just acquired Bush Tea for an undisclosed sum.
- Snowfall to hit first flush Darjeeling tea
Snowfall in Darjeeling and freezing foothills might have recently brought delight to the tourists but tea planters have already started mak...
- Govt loans to help tea estates
The Union commerce ministry has sanctioned a loan of Rs 15.15 crore for 85 tea estates in the country from the Rs 4,700 crore special purpo...
- Monsoon woes hit Bengal's tea business
The delay in the arrival of monsoons and heavy rainfall is causing severe damage to a huge number of tea bushes, affecting green leaf produ...
- Satellite images expose scars in tea plantations
Indian tea has undergone a quality degradation due to the presence of old and unyielding bushes in domestic tea gardens.