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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Small tea growers are forming global level common platformCrossing national boundaries, Small Tea Growers(STG) from almost all the tea growing countries of the world are going to form a common plat...
Small tea growers expect positive return from Commerce MinistrySmall tea growers (STG), the sector that contributes 37% to total national tea yield, has placed a set of demand and suggestions in front o...
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...
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...
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...
- Mozambique to shake hands with Indian small tea growers
Mozambique is keen on growing small tea farming to have an upper ranking in the global list of tea producing countries.
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...
- 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.
- Small tea growers want Tea Board registration to avail government schemes
Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Associations (CISTA), the national body of small tea growers, has urged the Union commerce minist...
- Bengal small tea growers want a separate directorate under Tea Board
The small tea growers of North Bengal want a separate directorate under Tea Board that will exclusively deal with their issues.