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West Bengal assembly elections 2026: BJP stresses security, TMC eyes revival in Siliguri corridorThe BJP and Trinamool Congress are in a direct electoral battle for four assembly seats in Siliguri. This region, known as the Siliguri cor...
TMC's Rs 300 tea wage pledge draws cautious industry response over sector viabilityThe Trinamool Congress pledged to increase tea garden worker wages to Rs 300. Industry stakeholders express caution, citing the sector's fi...
ITA and UNICEF draw up protections against child trafficking in North Bengal tea estatesThe Indian Tea Association (ITA) and UNICEF have launched a programme to combat child trafficking in 30 tea estates in North Bengal. The in...
Assam based tea planters get into value chain of tea businessRujani Tea, the online brand of Aideobarie Tea Estate in Jorhat, is making waves in the tea industry with new CTC variants and a focus on s...
Total wage for tea estate workers in West Bengal to increase soon: ICRAICRA has reported that tea producers in West Bengal may face margin pressure due to the estimated 6% increase in the total wage rate per da...
Wage hike of tea estate workers to increase the cost of production by Rs 16/ kgWage hike of tea estate workers in West Bengal will lead to an increase in the cost of production by Rs. 16/ kg and will have a substantial...
Tea with a view of Kanchenjunga: Darjeeling tea estates opening their properties for tourismDarjeeling’s famous tea estates are opening their gates to visitors for another sensorial stimulation—a bungalow stay with a view of the lo...
Tea estates, black-tea producing factories temporarily halt operations in Assam“Extremely unfavourable weather conditions are prevailing in all the tea growing districts of Assam,” said Vivek Goenka, chairman, Indian T...
Lockdown crimps Bengal, Assam tea production 10%Industry executives said that new leaves, due for plucking, were left untouched since March 22 after the lockdown took effect.
Cold and dry weather in Assam, WB may impact first flush teaAzam Monem, director of McLeod Russel India, said cold weather was still prevailing in the tea estates.
Tea output may fall 25% due to dry spellIn May last year, Assam’s tea estates had produced 62.53 million kg of tea.
Black tea sells at 6% discount at auctionsTea production in Assam fell 7.6% to 55.3 million kg in May from a year earlier and declined 18% in West Bengal to 27.1 million kg in the s...
Bengal's starving tea workers need Mamata Banerjee's 'mamata'In his classic 1977 book, economic historian Amalendu Guha reckoned around 80% of these workers died on slave boats en route to tea estates.
Bengal's tea companies to instal solar plants in estatesThe removal of VAT is expected to bring down the cost of solar generation on a par with that of thermal power generation or even less.
Nirmala Sitharaman meets stakeholders of closed, stressed tea gardensCommerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met stakeholders of closed and stressed tea plantations of West Bengal at Siliguri amidst...
Closely working with West Bengal on tea garden issues, says governmentThe tea industry in West Bengal has been facing crisis in recent times and many tea gardens have closed down, leaving many jobless.
- Tata group to hold about 35% in APPL
The shareholding pattern of Amalgamated Plantations (APPL), the new company formed by Tata Tea after restructuring its North Indian Plantat...