Bagdogra Airport resumes partial operations today
Airport to handle 10 flights a day to and from five places of the country for the time being.
Airport to handle 10 flights a day to and from five places of the country for the time being.
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.”
Meanwhile, the Joint Forum, a conglomeration of over 23 trade unions, will hold a meeting on 14 July and discuss many issues, including additional financial burden on the tea industry, it is learnt.
Reports have also indicated that this rainfall has affected traffic flow on the Dhupguri-Jalpaiguri road, thereby causing logistical problems to the Tea Industry.
"The Tea Association believes that such a moratorium of 5 years for further conversion of land for new plantation of tea would temporarily slow down the growth in supply of tea."
Kumar also mooted the idea of promotion of tea on social media to make it more targeted and cost-effective.
