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Deputy president of the Tea Board, C. Murugan, connected Saturday (January 3, 2026) assured that 100% investigating of the prime of imports would beryllium carried retired to forestall inflows of the inexpensive assortment into the country.
The manufacture had been complaining that inexpensive imports of inferior prime are entering the country, which is destroying the industry.
Speaking astatine the biennial wide gathering of the Tea Association of India (TAI) here, Murugan said that the Board is formalising the process for 100 per cent investigating of the prime of imports of the beverage.
"We are creating the infrastructure towards this. It volition instrumentality 15 to 20 days. Thereafter, ineligible sentiment would beryllium obtained, followed by support of the ministry (commerce)", helium said.
He said inexpensive and mediocre prime imports of beverage are taking spot from countries similar Nepal and Vietnam.
Mr. Murugan besides said the Board volition play arsenic a facilitator and besides liberalisation of power connected the industry. He said the Tea Board would besides not get progressive successful the auction strategy but would facilitate the process.
The Board volition marque efforts to marque generic promotion of Indian beverage successful different countries, helium said.
Murugan said that nether the Tea Development and Promotion Scheme of 2026, an outlay of ₹1,500 crore has been earmarked for the adjacent 5 years, the benefits of which volition besides beryllium extended to tiny beverage growers.
West Bengal Labour Secretary Avanindra Singh said the beverage manufacture is passing done a hard phase. "Cheap imports of inferior prime from Nepal are entering the country, destroying the Darjeeling beverage industry".
He said that successful West Bengal, radical with nary acquisition successful the beverage manufacture are acquiring immense tracts of onshore of sick and closed gardens astatine ungraded inexpensive prices.
"I impulse the manufacture to travel guardant and get the closed beverage gardens successful West Bengal. The champion mode for the manufacture to past is done the information of beverage workers successful moving the gardens by giving them equity", helium said.
This volition make a consciousness of ownership by the workers, helium said.
Mr. Singh said wages and statutory dues are inactive unpaid to beverage workers and urged for speedy outgo of these by the plot management's.
President of TAI Sandeep Singhania said that duty-free imports of inexpensive prime teas person accrued substantially. "Restriction of these imports is important for the endurance of the Darjeeling beverage manufacture ".
