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Kerala planters seek nod for large-scale intercroppingThis will help raise overall transaction of industry; planters seek policy & dedicated department under industries ministry.- Drought hits tea plantations in South IndiaKDHP, the largest tea plantation in South India, had suffered heavy loss last year after a strike by the women workers.
- Tea producers voice concern at the boycott of auction by the buyersProducers have voiced concern at the piling up of tea due to the boycott of pan India auction by the tea buyers at a time when industry is ...
- Chai pe charcha heats up poll kettleIn Nagrakata constituency in Bengal's tea-growing Jalpaiguri district candidates of all major parties share a legacy - they are from the te...
- Kerala government doles out sops to plantation companiesThe most important of the measures was the allocation of Rs 500 crore to help the small growers in the rubber sector.
- Why tap rubber with rates so low at Rs 97 a kg?Rubber prices in India are currently at an eight-year low and, at Rs 97 a kg, below the psychologically key level of Rs 100.
- Unhappy Kerala planters propose new wage planWith the prices of rubber and tea two main crops of the state continuing to keep low, the plantation sector has now agreed that 50 per cent...
- KDHP Munnar may stir up discontent in other tea estates like HML and AVT in KeralaWorkers of KDHP in Munnar ended their strike after 9 days, with the company agreeing to their demand for higher bonus, but repercussions ar...
- Plantation Crisis Hits Kerala Farmers; Planters seek govt nod to use 5% land for alternative usesThe Association of Planters of Kerala has requested the state government to remove anomalies in the land laws to facilitate flexibility in ...
- Kerala’s tea planters say hit by ‘worst crisis in 100 years’The Association of Planters of Kerala (APK) said the tea industry in the state is going through one of the worst crisis faced in the past 1...
- Purchase tax sop not helpful, say rubber growersThe purchase tax exemption given to all grades of rubber by the Kerala govt has squeezed the income of growers instead of benefitting them.
- Budget 2015 fails to erase rubber sector's woesNatural rubber producers were looking for a hike in the import duty, from the present 20%, in the Budget.
- Rubber producers, consumers lock horns over import dutyProducers want an immediate ban on imports and enhancement in duty to 30%, to which the consumers say such a demand is without any merit.
- Plantation companies weigh tapping holiday in January to curb price fallMost small growers have stopped tapping as the prices touch Rs 113.50 per kg, a whopping fall of 42% in the last 16 months.
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