Payment problems plague 1 million plantation workers

The Assam government has taken the initiative to pay workers their wages electronically and has asked banks to open branches adjacent to tea gardens and install ATMs in estates. The plantation......

In Ooty, chai pe charcha to double tea export to Pak

At 235,000 tonnes per annum, Pakistan is the third largest importer of tea in the world as it can’t grow tea because of adverse climate conditions. India supplies just about a tenth of tea......

'FTA with Asean not in favour of Indian planters'

The recently signed Free Trade Agreement with the Association of South East Asian Nationsis a deterrent to the Indian plantation sector. Under the agreement, the import tariff of tea and coffee......

Plantations can claim carbon credits: Nath

Union Commerce minister Kamal Nath says plantations that help reduce atmospheric carbon are eligible for claiming carbon credits under the Kyoto protocol. Nath while addressing the 114th annual......