Tea Board seeks Rs 1,000 crore support for industry for five years

'Tea price trajectory of the last decade reflects a prolonged phase of stagnation in price growth which consequently pushed a large segment of the industry into crisis'

The Tea Board India has submitted a Rs 1,000 crore budget to the ministry of commerce for assisting and boosting the tea industry.

Economic subvention for small tea growers – that account for about 52 per cent of production – subsidy for orthodox tea production and increasing consumption of tea in the domestic and international markets through promotion were part of the five-year proposal till FY27. 

“We have big plans for the next five years,” said Saurav Pahari, chairman, Tea Board, at the annual general meeting of the Indian Tea Association.

Pointing to global headwinds, Pahari said that the international