Tea Board notifies dates for leaf harvest and preparation
Even though winter is still far away, the Tea Board of India has already revealed the official dates for harvesting and preparing tea in 2024.
Even though winter is still far away, the Tea Board of India has already revealed the official dates for harvesting and preparing tea in 2024.
He said that the tea industry is gasping but heavyweight Trinamul Congress' leaders are taking dadan (loan) to revive them but ultimately those are collapsing.
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According to Mr Bista, who is also the BJP’s national spokesperson and a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour and Employment, it was sad that the highly skilled tea garden workers are today paid wages much lower than what is being paid to unskilled workers in the state.
A decision to this effect was taken in their party meeting held at Soureni in Mirik yesterday. Some of the important issues the party would take up include the parja-patta (land rights documents) and Block bifurcation.
Chief medical officer of health for Jalpaiguri district, RN Pramanik, admitted that no proper test has been conducted among the migrant workers to see if they are carriers of the novel coronavirus.
As the managerial staff of gardens associated with the Darjeeling Indian Tea Association (DITA) received the ‘threat calls,’ it was initially decided to lodge a complaint with the district magistrate.
Planters says the industry incurred loss of Rs 200 crore in the past few days due to heavy rainfall.
The Good-luck division of the Rahimabad TE has been completely cut off from the main garden, for which garden vehicles have to ply up and down at least 50 km extra for ferrying green leaf, sources said.
A section of small growers has alleged that some manufacturers and traders are engaged in packaging and selling poor quality tea by adding different fragrances
