Godrej Agrovet launches Hanabi which is used to manage mites in tea plantationsIndia is one of the leading producers of tea with 23% share in global production. Tea plantation has always been a labour intensive profess...
06 Dec, 2019, 04.56 PM IST
Tea industry affected by the growing bandh culture in Assam: North Eastern Tea AssociationAssam has a long history of many bandhs and agitations, but the functioning of tea gardens were never hampered.
20 Aug, 2018, 07.42 PM IST
Tea planters urge finance commission to provide fund for promotion of tea15th Finance Commission visited Assam and tea planters stated Assam produces 53% of the country’s tea and 13% of world’s tea. Livelihood of...
27 Apr, 2018, 05.47 PM IST
Assam tea planters to move Centre against ASEAN Free Trade AgreementPlanters in Assam fear that cheap tea will flood the Indian market and Indian tea will not be able to withstand the competition owing to in...
17 Nov, 2017, 07.01 PM IST
Darjeeling tea planters seek assistance from Tea Board"The Darjeeling tea planters have approached us for some special assistance due to the loss the second-flush crop", deputy chairman of Tea ...
24 Jul, 2017, 01.21 PM IST
RBI asks tea planters to provide space for ATMsWith banks being busy in handling cash transactions at the branch level, tea planters are not sure whether ATMs could be set up in their es...
01 Dec, 2016, 01.30 PM IST
Tea planters in Assam seeks special rate of GSTTea market is one which is regulated by packeteers and blenders and it isn’t possible for the industry to pass on the burden of higher cost...
14 Jun, 2016, 05.02 PM IST
Lack of winter time rainfall makes planters worried in sub Himalayan West Bengal tea beltLack of winter rainfall has put Tea planters in Himalayan foothills under serious apprehension of significant shortage in high value yield.
08 Feb, 2016, 05.00 PM IST
Reconstituted Tea Board of India appoints five members from AssamThe members from Assam include tea planter Prabhat K Bezboruah, BJP’s Lok Sabha member Ramen Deka and BJP’s MLA from Doom Dooma Dilip Moran.
04 Nov, 2015, 03.55 PM IST
Dry spell threatens Darjeeling’s first-flush tea productionTea planters in Darjeeling and the foothills of sub-Himalayan West Bengal are worried over the lack of post-winter rains, a condition that ...
23 Mar, 2015, 10.04 PM IST
Gorkha agenda cheers Darjeeling tea plantersPlanters are keen on tea tourism because it provides them an alternative source of income at a time when erratic weather is affecting tea p...
11 Jun, 2013, 05.50 AM IST
- Tea tourism plans still on paper
Darjeeling tea planters’ plans to launch tourism on their estates will take some more time to materialise.
11 Jan, 2013, 04.01 AM IST
Tea planters demand deployment of Rapid Action ForceTea bodies like Assam Tea Planters' Association (ATPA) and North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) has condemned the inhuman, barbaric act.
28 Dec, 2012, 03.29 PM IST
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...
05 Oct, 2012, 05.07 PM IST
Tea to be declared national drink: Montek Singh AhluwaliaPlanning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said tea would be declared as national drink by April next year.
21 Apr, 2012, 11.08 PM IST
- Stop-production call in Darjeeling rocks tea estates
The decision of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha to paralyse tea production at the 87 tea estates in Darjeeling from June 25 has sent shockwaves amo...
25 Jun, 2008, 01.48 AM IST
- 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...
01 Feb, 2008, 02.28 AM IST