The Centre is planning to roll out a crop insurance scheme for small tea growers. Initially, a pilot will be run in three regions in Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu for one crop-cycle spread over two years commencing 2016-17. The Tea Board would be the nodal agency for the ...
Read More »Govt. to consider reducing import duty for Tea & Coffee industry: Budget 2016
In a bid to increase both domestic production and exports, the central government may consider reducing import duty of processing machinery for Tea and Coffee industry. The Tea and Coffee industry has long demanded for duties on imports of machineries for tea and coffee processing to be reduced. The import ...
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