Long- or medium-term: Invest in ability and balance sheet; 5 large-caps from different sectors with upside potential of up to 23%At this juncture, what an investor in the market needs is some hard work and the ability to be contrarian. In picking companies, focus on t...
27 Jun, 2026, 10.11 PM IST
Assam tea estates face labour shortage as absenteeism tops 50%Tea estates face severe labor shortages and rising costs, impacting production and profitability. Despite a modest increase in Assam's tea ...
29 Mar, 2026, 08.46 PM IST
TRA Tocklai launches decaffeinated green tea powder with 75% less caffeineTea Research Association (TRA) Tocklai launched Decaffeinated Green Tea Powder, developed from Assam's elite clones, containing 75% less ca...
05 Sep, 2025, 10.19 PM IST
- Assam tea industry discusses prospects of drones' application in agriculture
A talk was held in Guwahati where Dr. Manzul Kumar Hazarika, Director of the Geoinformatics Center of the Asian Institute of Technology (AI...
22 Jan, 2019, 11.10 PM IST
Darjeeling planters claim tea imported from Nepal is not FSSAI-compliantTea from Nepal look similar to Darjeeling tea and even packet tea players and blenders find it difficult to tell them apart.
27 Nov, 2018, 11.45 AM IST
Tea Board enforcing Plant Protection Code to check excess use of chemicalsTea Board said it has put in place a Plant Protection Code to check excess use of plant protection formulation in the country's tea plantat...
07 Oct, 2015, 05.27 PM IST
Small tea growers ask for reshaping of directorate’s activity patternAs per present system, ITB announces a monthly district wise benchmark price of green leaf for the BLFs to follow while paying to the STGs.
22 Dec, 2014, 05.05 PM IST
- Greenpeace welcomesTata Global Beverages Ltd announcement to promote ecological agriculture
Greenpeace India welcomed the announcement made by Tata Global Beverages Ltd, which highlights its vision to promote ecological agriculture...
01 Oct, 2014, 07.50 PM IST
Tea companies like Tata Global, HUL go green on pesticide fearsThe NGO said 59% of the samples had the residue of at least one pesticide active ingredient above the maximum level set by the European Uni...
19 Aug, 2014, 12.11 PM IST
Arunachal proposes Rs 5 cr investment for tea cultivationUnder the proposed scheme, progressive tea growers would be provided financial assistance Rs one lakh per farmer for cultivating tea in one...
24 Sep, 2013, 05.19 PM IST
Small tea growers & factory owners lock horns over sharing of realized priceLong standing dispute over sharing of the market realization has finally brought the two major beneficiary sections of Indian tea trade fac...
27 Jun, 2013, 07.50 PM IST
- Parliament panel raps Tea Board on unscrupulous exports
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce has criticised the Tea Board for failing to check unscrupulous exporters importing cheap t...
02 Dec, 2012, 11.06 AM IST
How to arrest forest degradationThe policy process to arrest forest degradation needs to be modernised with up-to-date techniques & civil society participation that is tim...
12 May, 2012, 05.44 AM IST
Plantation acquistion on the cards: MA Alagappan, Murugappa GroupIn an interview, MA Alagappan, immediate past executive chairman of Murugappa Group, talks to ET about renewed focus on organic tea and lik...
19 Oct, 2010, 12.39 AM IST
- Tata Tea handed control of its tea plantations to workers to make profit
Five years ago, Tata Tea handed control of its loss-making tea plantations to its workers. Today, they are flourishing and are being portra...
13 Oct, 2010, 02.53 AM IST
- Special fund for plantations just a click away
After successfully launching a special purpose fund for tea plantation, the Union commerce ministry has come up with a proposal to float su...
21 Jun, 2006, 12.34 AM IST
- CEO to monitor Rs 4,700-cr fund for tea industry revamp
The Union commerce ministry will soon appoint a chief executive officer to monitor the Rs 4,700-crore special purpose tea fund (SPTF), whic...
08 Jun, 2006, 08.01 AM IST