Kolkata, March 24 Mehul Mohanka, Managing Director and Group CEO of Tega Group, has been elected chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Eastern Region for 2026-27, according to a statement released on Wednesday.Rudra Chatterjee, Managing Director of Luxmi Tea and chairman of...
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Kolkata, March 22 The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s promise to raise the minimum daily wage of tea garden workers to Rs 300 has drawn a cautious response from industry stakeholders, who said that any wage revision must take into account the fragile financial condition of the sector and...
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Kolkata, March 13 Production of Darjeeling tea could further decline due to the non-availability of industrial LPG, a tea association has warned, highlighting the risk of supply disruptions to factories in the West Bengal district.In a recent letter to the Deputy Chairman of the Tea Board in...
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Idukki (Kerala), March 7 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacted with women tea pluckers at an estate in Peerumade here on Saturday.The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, while on his way to board a helicopter in the morning, noticed a group of women plucking tea leaves at the Glenmary...
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Agartala, February 19 The proposed tea auction center in Tripura is likely to become operational by April, an official said on Thursday.Chief Minister Manik Saha had laid the foundation stone for the state's first tea auction center at Gurkhabasti in West Tripura district in March 2024...
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Kolkata, February 15 India's tea industry is facing increasing financial pressure due to rising input costs, stagnant prices, labor shortages, and climate-related risks, prompting planters to seek policy support and structural reforms to sustain operations, industry representatives said."Many...
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Guwahati, February 11 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that the state's tea industry has experienced a "turnaround" this production season, with a sharp increase in exports, and urged garden management to pass on the benefits to workers by increasing their daily wages...