Affidavit filed by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board in the matter of Bharat Prakash Rai Vs State of West Bengal dated December 16, 2022. The matter related to felling of trees in a tea estate, Darjeeling. In order to control soil erosion and stabilize landslides, land slip as well …
Makaibari garden in Kurseong, which has introduced tea tourism. Siliguri: The government will support tea tourism based on infrastructure already existing in plantations but will not issue fresh lease for any portion of the garden land to be used for tourism. The government fears that issuing fresh lease would lead …
When the state government is boasting of improving the condition of poor by pumping in massive fund in rural and health sector, at least 10 garden workers are reported to have died of starvation and lack of medical treatment since October 2011 in Assam’s Barrak Valley. The workers who died …
Silchar, Feb. 7: The production of CTC teas recorded a dip last year in Cachar’s tea region that covers three south Assam districts. Sources at the Surma Valley branch of the Indian Tea Association revealed this ahead of the association’s 111th annual general meeting that is being held here on …
Jorhat, Feb. 7: Tea producing countries around the world have agreed to do away with the export of inferior quality teas by sticking to the quality norms defined by the ISO 3720 standard. Tea Research Association additional vice-chairman Prabhat Bezboruah said tea producing and exporting countries have agreed to abide …
KOLKATA, 3 FEB: The state government will give compensation to the tea garden workers, whose property and buildings have been damaged by elephants. State forest minister Hiten Burman said this after a meeting with several tea gardens' associations today. The state government and tea garden owners will jointly pay the …
Jorhat, Feb. 3: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will help the tea industry study the impact of climate change on tea bushes. The additional vice-chairman of Tea Research Association, Prabhat Bezboruah, said the recently formed working group on global climate change would take help from Nasa to study climate …
SHILLONG, Feb 2 – Assam’s world famous tea has propelled the State as the leader in terms of export from the Northeast during 2010-11. Assam exported goods worth Rs 476.59 crore during 2010-11. The State during the period imported goods worth Rs 34.55 crore. Assam was followed by Meghalaya with …
The FAO session on Tea has agreed on what discussion on climate change can be taken up for discussions here. The 20th session of the FAO has drawn up scope and the terms of reference of the climate change working group at its meeting on Sunday. “This will be put …
Islampur, Jan. 30: The North Dinajpur district administration has started the proceedings to return more than 70 acres of land to its rightful tribal owners in Ramganj. This is the first time that the administration has taken up the initiative to restore illegally occupied tribal land, an official claimed. On …
Islampur, Jan. 30: The North Dinajpur district administration has started the proceedings to return more than 70 acres of land to its rightful tribal owners in Ramganj. This is the first time that the administration has taken up the initiative to restore illegally occupied tribal land, an official claimed. On …
A farmers' forum is protesting moves of a private tea cultivating company to block a link road through which tea farmers transported their produce. A demonstration was staged opposite the Collectorate here on Monday, protesting against the blocking of the road by near Kundah in the district the private-run The …
Once the domain of uppity, horseback riding British sahibs, tea cultivation is now being taken up by those who had worked on plantations as labour. In the process, women are brewing a fresh story by cashing in on their experience and traditional knowledge, and becoming entrepreneurs.
SILIGURI, 8 DEC: The north Bengal development minister, Mr Gautam Deb, today inaugurated the North Bengal Tea park near New Jalpaiguri railway station. It has been learnt from the SJDA officials and senior functionaries of the Indian Tea Board that the Rs 23 crore 92 lakh project happens to be …
Tea producers should obtain third-party certification, enforce price-sharing formula BIKASH SINGH GUWAHATI India’s largest tea grower, Assam, will resort to drastic measures to ensure quality tea production in the state. Now, it will be mandatory for tea producers to get their products certified by a third party before selling it …
Jalpaiguri, Nov. 29: The mass mortality of fish in the Karala river has blown the lid off a toxic secret: poison is used to kill some of the catch that makes its way to several homes in Bengal. In the face of raids by officials to seize dead fish in …
Unlike the rest of the subcontinent, Assam retained many elements of its tribal economy well into the 19th century. With the British invasion the picture began to change gradually. Opening up of the Brahmaputra Valley in 1826 brought about two major changes in the mode of surplus extraction. One, colonial …
The rain-god may have been the kindest this year. However, the tea industry is facing a new crisis, that of absenteeism, which incidentally has been triggered off by MNREGS, the proudest flagship programme of the UPA government. The problem has become so big that the industry is even willing to …
CARE for some tea? Before reaching out for that cuppa here is some information: herbal brews and some tea brands contain ingredients unlisted on the packet. The unlisted contents include weeds that could result in allergic reactions. Teas are made from leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis, native to India …
Dynamics of nitrous oxide (N2O) emission and the relationship of soil properties with N2O emission were studied from the tea ecosystem of North East India situated at north bank plain agroclimatic zone at Tezpur, Assam. The gas samples were collected from the tea bush at weekly intervals from 30 August …
- Unions, land laws obstruct foray into trade Calcutta, Aug. 21: Tea cultivators in Tripura, hit by reducing profit margins over the years, are pushing for a shift to the economical and less labour intensive rubber plantation. However, a stringent land lease law and active labour unions in the state …
