The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Power, Jairam Ramesh, today said he had directed the Tea Board chairman to issue show-cause notices to five tea exporting companies, both public sector and private sector, like Balmer Lawrie and OP Agarwals Ambo Exports.
The minister was speaking on the sidelines of visit to a DVC plant at Mejia in Bankura district, 200 km west of Kolkata.