Tag: Tea Board
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Planters agree on 20 per cent bonus for tea workers
"Despite the at least 20 percent production loss due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the CCPA, keeping in mind the workers' plight during the lockdown, has agreed to make such bonus payment," an official said.
September 19, 2020 -
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.
July 6, 2020 -
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'.
February 23, 2020 -
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.”
January 12, 2020 -
TEAtalk: Auctioning specialty tea
STAC started functioning in Siliguri 1976, and at its initial stages, according to records, 16 million kg tea, mainly CTC, used to be auctioned in a year.
November 2, 2018 -
Seeing Tea Board as saviour might be mistake: Prabhat K. Bezboruah
Amid speculation about reorganising the Tea Board of India, its Chairman Prabhat K. Bezboruah has said looking at the board as the saviour of the industry in future might be a mistake. “Tea Board’s mandate has been to help the industry and act as the governess to it over the years. I feel that era …
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November 1, 2017 -
DTA appoints CA firm to assess crop loss due to shut-down
The Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA) has appointed a chartered accountant firm to assess the crop loss in absolute and value terms in view of the indefinite shutdown in the hills. “We have not been able to submit any proposal to the Tea Board as asked. So we have asked a CA firm to assist in …
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August 6, 2017