In early March, Darjeeling teas had fetched Rs 3,500 per kg against Rs 1,500 a year ago in private sales.

Mohan said the rising cost of production is a major concern for planters.

Tea from Nepal look similar to Darjeeling tea and even packet tea players and blenders find it difficult to tell them apart.

Of the annual Darjeeling tea production of 8.5 million kg, nearly 1.7 million kg is first flush teas.

Lenders are reluctant as the planters either do not have existing stocks to borrow against or they had already exhausted their earlier borr...

Senior scientists at TRA are holding discussions with Darjeeling planters on how to revive tea gardens so that they can produce quality tea...

Darjeeling tea is only sold through Kolkata auction centre, which conducted sale number 36 on Tuesday.

Though production and prices have improved, worries remain for Darjeeling planters as cheap Nepalese teas under the IndoNepal FTA are being...

Domestic consumption of Darjeeling tea is increasing annually as tea drinkers are gradually developing a taste for Darjeeling's famous musc...

Planters are hard hit by falling tea prices in Darjeeling, which have declined by Rs 90 per kg on an average in the first eight months of t...

Darjeeling tea prices have fallen by Rs 100 per kg compared to last season, despite production being down by almost 20 per cent .

Planters are keen on tea tourism because it provides them an alternative source of income at a time when erratic weather is affecting tea p...

Darjeeling tea planters’ plans to launch tourism on their estates will take some more time to materialise.

As chaos engulfs the serene hill tracts and platoons of men in fatigues battle frenzied supporters of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha since Tue...

The global economic crisis has affected the Darjeeling tea industry. The premium first flush teas, which become available in the market fro...

The decision of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha to paralyse tea production at the 87 tea estates in Darjeeling from June 25 has sent shockwaves amo...

Snowfall in Darjeeling and freezing foothills might have recently brought delight to the tourists but tea planters have already started mak...