Tea industry in crisis says Indian Tea Association in public appealRecently a delegation of tea industry met Assam government officials, seeking intervention.
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...
First e-budget with no fresh tax presented in Assam AssemblyAfter Andhra Pradesh, Assam has become the second state to have an e-budget, but unlike the other state, Assam budget is available in Googl...
Abolished various cesses via budgets to pave way for GST: GovernmentHowever, seven cesses will continue to be levied under the Goods and Services Tax regime since they pertain to customs or goods which are n...
- Sugar, tea, coffee, milk powder to cost less under GST
Currently, sugar attracts specific central excise duty of Rs 71 per quintal plus a cess of Rs 124, which translates into ad valorem rate of...
How has Rs 20,000 crore meant for workers' welfare been spent: Supreme CourtThe apex court's remarks came after it perused an affidavit and a report filed by the CAG in the matter, as it termed the facts mentioned i...
Indian Tea Association says pan-India e-auction failed to give resultsSujit Patra, secretary of the Indian Tea Association, said the board has initiated post auction settlement system for pan-India auctions .
Tea Board asked to allow mini and micro tea factoriesCM Gogoi requested Ministry of Industry & Commerce to to allow mini and micro tea factories as this will lead to improvement in quality of ...
Tea estates across India to get refund of cessTea estates across the India will get refund of the tea cess which was collected since 2004. This involves substantial money.
- Tata Tea must pay duty on goods rejected by buyers: CESTAT
Tax tribunal CESTAT has directed Tata Tea to pay excise duty on a consignment of goods that was rejected by buyers, as the company has foll...
- Union Budget 2010: Tea industry welcomes budget
The extension of concessional import duty on imported plantation machinery, like tea bagging machines, till March 31, 2011 will help the in...
- Govt to map unorganized tea sector in Assam
With the unorganized sector in Assam accounting for almost 29 per cent of the total tea production in Assam and almost 14 per cent of the t...
- Small Assam tea growers move HC against cess
Miffed over the Assam government’s decision to impose a cess of 20 paisa per kg of green tea leaves, the small growers’ body has moved Guwa...
- Tea lobby moves High Court a/g cess on tea-leaves
Miffed over the Assam government s decision to impose a cess of 20 paisa per kg of green tea-leaves, the small growers body has moved Guwah...
- Govt imposes Rs 8,000/tonne duty on Basmati export, cuts MEP
The government on Tuesday imposed an export duty of Rs 8,000 per tonne on Basmati rice shipment, which the industry feels will hit the over...
- Govt lifeline for plantation sector
In an effort to tackle the dip in production of tea, coffee and rubber due to ageing plantations, a major replantation effort will be under...
- ITA for improved tea productivity
The Assam Branch of Indian Tea Association on Saturday stressed the need for improving productivity in the tea sector to achieve global com...