February 03, 2020 5:23 pm
Small tea growers (STGs) have also sought a dedicated fund from the Commerce ministry for helping the promotion of exports of the produce.
August 28, 2019 12:05 pm
Tea industry in Tripura started over 100 years back, in 1916. However, after a century, tea from the state had to depend on auction centers in Assam and West Bengal. Without any brand for tea from Tripura, bulks of it often were reported to be smuggled into Bangladesh and sold under other brands.
June 01, 2019 5:48 pm
The skilled work of overseeing an estate’s production, once a prestigious career for Indians raised in the colonial system, is losing its appeal, and decades of disputes with labour unions have cut harvests dramatically during strikes.
November 22, 2015 8:30 am
25 deaths at Bagrakote tea garden in North Bengal since April got CM Mamata Banerjee to tour the region, announce a package and take action against the owners. That's 13 years too late for many in the tea country, where hunger and deaths set in a while ago.
November 10, 2015 1:07 am
More than 12 workers of closed tea gardens have reportedly died since April.


