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West Bengal State Budget Announced
Sale 6 | Ep 104 | 11 Feb 2023 After presenting the West Bengal state budget on Feb. 15, the finance minister announced that the government would formulate a policy to grant eligible tea garden workers land rights. India Price Watch By Aravinda Anantharaman The West Bengal state budget was presented on Feb. 15. West…
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Darjeeling Continues to Seek Board Interventions
Sale 5 | Ep 103 | 28 January 2023 Darjeeling tea planters have expressed concerns over the rampant influx of teas from Nepal for several years. Disappointed to see no allocation in the Union Budget, planters and their supporters in Parliament urged the Tea Board of India and the Commerce Ministry to control imports from…
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Budget Offers No Relief for Tea Industry
Sale 4 | Ep 10221 January 2023 India’s tea industry response to the newly released Union budget is largely that of disappointment at the lack of attention to the sector. Darjeeling planters expressed surprise there is no funding for interventions to curb imports from Nepal to protect the status of Darjeeling tea. Sale 4 –…
