In the last three years, 20 gardens have changed hands, and 90 per cent of the buyers are from non-tea background. IMAGE: A worker gathers tea leaves at the Happy Valley tea garden estate in......
Tea estates across Assam and West Bengal, which were hitherto closed owing to the lockdown, opened in April. Fresh tea from the season is set to be back in the north Indian auction centres in......
The tea industry, hit by rising costs, falling prices and political unrest in the North Bengal plantations, is especially vulnerable to the COVID-19 lockdown. Boutique teas from Darjeeling, the......
The root of the problem, according to industry officials, is the sudden stoppage of lines of credit to tea plantation companies. With limited funds available for daily operations, the financial......
The quality of Indian tea had lately come under scrutiny in major export markets, due to the presence of pesticides and chemicals beyond permissible limits. The Tea Board’s earlier decision......