“We are hopeful of positive post winter first flush if overall normal weather condition prevails for entire January,” said veteran planter ...

Special Packages for North East, Idukki district of Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have been devised for taking care of the speci...

According to eminent tea scientist Dr. S. E. Kabeer, high atmospheric temperature at this season causes rapid proliferation of harmful pest...

Planters in Terai and Dooars region in foothills are also happy with the shower. “After almost five months long dry spell, the shower was v...

The hope comes from the fact that including foothills in Terai, Dooars as well as Darjeeling hills have witnessed spell of deep chill this ...

After pressing hard for 20%, finally a conglomerate of over 20 trade Unions agreed to accept 19.75% as rate of bonus for all gardens.

The touch of unrest in foothills is evident with increasing number of incidents like torching of Government offices or scuffles there durin...

Escalated cost of tea production is apprehended to continue even after the monsoon making things tough for the whole industry.

The situation is even worse in Sikkim adjoining Darjeeling hills or many North east Region areas where rainfall has been recorded around 10...

Tea Association of India Secretary General P. K. Bhattacharjee, apprehends the production at many tea producing zones to come down by 25% i...

As learnt, after reducing their offer price for near 20% first, many financially strong big buyers in open market have now stopped buying e...

The reaction recorded came as a protest against few clauses in the new Pan Country Tea Auction system introduced by Indian Tea Board(ITB).

One can imagine what it is to have good rainfall after such a long dry spell that started last October, continued till May-end causing to s...

“The dry spell caused near 40% downfall in our first flush production,” said Mr. Rajah Banerjee, Chairman of MakaiBari Tea & Trading Co.

A prolonged dry spell that is still continuing in sub Himalayan West Bengal has already caused heavy production loss to the labour intensiv...

Tea industry in northern West Bengal tea belt is demanding immediate introduction of insurance coverage against draught condition.

After gross negative deviation from normal winter rainfall, low humidity and rising temperature are making tea planters in Darjeeling appre...