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,"
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.”
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