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Tea Board, producers talk Tea Act ‘review’

"The preamble to the Tea Act 1953 has used the word 'control' of Union of India in the matter of cultivation and export. This aspect of 'control is incongruous in the present day context where the keywords in place have been 'deregulation' and 'decontrolling' of various aspects of an industry."

Tea Board to examine closed gardens’ takeover

On this, Mr Bista said he has drawn the attention of the Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), J Satyanarayan, on 14 January this year, and requested him to set up the Aadhar Registration and Correction Centre for the Darjeeling parliamentary area.

Terai planters slam tea board moves over subsidies

Significantly, the TIPA president Mahendra Bansal, at an interaction with the press in Siliguri today, appreciated the state government’s role on three points and blamed the TBI for the present crisis in the tea industry as he explained how the industry has been reeling under 'severe crisis'.

TAI slams Tea Board over non-payment of subsidy

Addressing the 49th Annual General Meeting of the TAI here today, Mr Bansal said: “The non-disbursal of the accumulated subsidy amount for the 11th and 12th Plan period has seriously compromised the Tea Board’s role of acting as a developmental agency, a position that needs to be urgently rectified.”