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 …
Read this summary of the monitoring of pesticide residues in the food commodities conducted from April 2008 to March 2009 at national level by Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and the IARI. The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India in collaboration with Indian Agriculture …
Many small tea growers in upper Assam are facing a crisis as the fertility of their land is gradually diminishing on account of widespread use of pesticides and other inorganic fertilizers. It needs to be mentioned that since the 70
NEW DELHI, Aug 25 – In what could bring succour to the small tea growers, decks have been cleared for setting up a Small Tea Growers Cell. “I am pleased to state that we have received the approval from the Ministry of Finance for eight posts to be set up …
SILIGURI, 1 AUG: To obtain detailed reports on tea plantations and the exact number of working small tea planters in north Bengal, the Tea Board of India has asked the state's land and land reforms department to conduct a thorough survey in this region. The objective of this survey is …
Tea Board of India (TBI) is all set to introduce an exclusive Assam logo in the line of ISI mark to ensure that only quality Assam CTC tea enter the export market. The Assam logo would be introduced to put in place stringent quality mechanism system for the export market …
To improve the quality of Assam tea, the Consul General of US to India, Beth A Payne has underscored the need for carrying out a joint research by engaging the experts of both the US and the State. Talking to a group of reporters at a programme initiated by the …
With focus changing from quantity to quality tea production, Tocklai Experimental Station (TES) of Tea Research Association (TRA), is in the advance stage of developing four clones.
Though Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, in his budget, gave certain benefits to the tea industry, the associations representing the industry are disappointed with the budget and they feel that the budget would benefit only a handful of bog gardens. The industry also felt that the Chief Minister, despite promises made …
Siliguri: More than 75 per cent of the bought-leaf factories in north Bengal have closed down because of acute shortage of tea leaves triggered by low rain and pest attacks during the time of first flush when the best quality brew is produced. To tide over the crisis, BLF owners …
Severe drought prevailing in southern plantation areas has caused heavy damage to the tea plantations. Many tea estates in Akuressa, Morawak Korale and Hinidum Pattu have been destroyed due to the drought and tea plucking of several tea estates including many smallholdings has also been temporarily stopped. Well-grown tea lands …
A tea from Kurseong hill station was served at the Beijing Olympics. Sankar Ray writes about its lesser known victories with organic farming and environment friendly initiatives When a Calcutta-based daily carried a news item that VVIPs at the 2008 Beijing Olympics would be served Darjeeling tea, some eyebrows were …
Following a modest beginning in the early 90s, tea plantation has made a quantum jump in Kishanganj, the only district in the state where tea is grown and has thus put Bihar on the tea map of the country. Within a short span of nearly two decades, the tea plantation …
The Tata Tea company running the Kanan Devan Hill plantation tea estates in Munnar, on Wednesday scored a temporary victory over the CPI (M) Government of Kerala with the Kerala High Court ordering status quo for three weeks on the two dams and an electrified fence
