The Tea Association of India (TAI) has welcomed the government's decision to extend the exemption of agricultural income tax for the tea industry until 31 March, 2026, as announced in the state Budget for FY 2025-26.
An apex body of tea planters and traders on Thursday said that the image of Indian tea has been hit by the re-export of cheap tea imported from African and Asian nations.
A major discrepancy between the tea import figures published by the Tea Board of India and the actual volume of imports has raised serious concerns in the industry, according to Sandeep Singhania, president of the Tea Association of India (TAI).
Sandeep Singhania, president of the Tea Association of India (TAI), has called for urgent government intervention, warning that without timely support, the future of the north Indian tea industry is in serious jeopardy.
TAI Secretary General P.K. Bhattacharjee said that as proposed earlier in the Budget Speech of 2021-22, Rs 1,000 crores would be provided for the PMCSPY and is aimed at making need-based interventions in tea garden areas for interalia strengthening provisions of education and health services to the tea workers.
The Tea Association of India (TAI) has expressed gratitude for the "Pradhan Mantri Cha Shramik Protsahan Yojana" (PMCSPY) scheme designed for the welfare of tea workers, particularly women and children in Assam and West Bengal.
The TAI (Tea Association of India) president Sandeep Singhania has appreciated the role of the West Bengal government to bring in development in the tea industry.
The president of the Tea Association of India (TAI) Sandeep Singhania has said the tea industry is currently facing unprecedented challenges and is on the verge of collapse.
India's tea production in the last 15 years has increased by 39 per cent.
"Government of India could incorporate changes in the Foreign Trade Policy that is to come into force shortly,"
