In a strongly-worded recommendation, the committee has 'recommended that the role of the Tea Board should be redefined as a facilitator instead of a licenser'...

These directions come at a time when certain tea consignments have faced issues with regard to quality in recent times...

In 2021, the country exported 195.90 million kg tea; Tea Board is aiming to achieve 300 million kg tea this year...

India is hoping to achieve this by tapping new countries and filling up the vacuum created by Sri Lanka in the global market...

Planters apprehend it will decrease further in the current year, especially because of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine...

In 2021, around 40.17 million kilos of tea was exported to CIS from January to November, which includes 30.89 million kilos of tea to Russia...

In north Bengal, tea plucking and manufacturing would resume in the Terai and the Dooars from February 14 while for the Darjeeling hills, the first date for such activities is February 21...

Earlier, there was a bar on the launch of new factories and the capacity augmentation of those under operation...

India produced 1,257.53 million kg tea in 2020 compared with 1,390.88 million kg in 2019, a drop of 133 million kg or about 10 per cent...

The move comes after planters have time and again written to the board and to the Union commerce and industry ministry...