Page 5 - Tea

Chaayos, Chai Point: Branding tea for the millennial

Host of tea retail brands are personalising the brew and the experience; hoping to carve an identity

Daily tea drinking may reduce risk of dementia, finds study

Tea is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world

Planters demand higher subsidy for orthodox tea

Production cost for high grade CTC is Rs 185 a kilo on an average while cost of production for lowest quality of orthodox is around Rs 210 a kilo

Tea board of India looks to double tea exports to Australia

Currently, India exports 3 million kg tea to Australia

Revoke mandatory auction order, firms tell Tea Board

Around 60 per cent of the annual produce of 1,200 million kg of tea is harvested in September-November

Long-term tea demand prospects favourable: Icra

The performance of the industry, in terms of exports, would be a crucial factor determining the overall supply-demand balance and price levels going forward, says Icra in its latest report

Tea prices rise at Kochi auction centre

Traders also attributed the rise to the recent flood in Assam, which impacted local production

Fund crunch affecting tea research works at TRA's Tocklai institute

Worried is the tea industry as it knows if research works are affected, it's surely going to hit it hard in the long run

Tea exports jump 14% in June quarter

Average realisation from tea exports has shot up by over 11% to Rs 203.65 a kg during the quarter

Tea production saw 3% growth

Quantity of tea sold at auctions during 2015-16 was 536.08 million kgs

Bad weather makes Assam tea output to nosedive in July, industry worried

July is a peak tea producing month in Assam; production in July this year may dip by 21-30%

Tea Board on promotional drive to increase per capita tea consumption

India's per capita tea consumption - at 0.73 kgs - is lower than many small countries including Zimbabwe and Pakistan

No takers still for Kerala tea e-auction

Talks likely this week to resolve buyers' boycott

GST may push tea prices up by 5-6%

A minimum levy of 12 per cent GST on tea will increase the cost, which will ultimately be passed on to consumers

Tea Board wants Assam to roll out insurance scheme for small growers

Scheme has been designed by Centre to protect plantation farmers from losses due to fluctuations in yield and price volatility

Tea output down 15% to 67.21 mn kg in April

Tea production was at 78.76 mn kg in same period last year

Govt reviews rolling out of pan-India e-auction for tea

Pan India e-auction was rolled out by the Tea Board in all the auction centres except Coimbatore on June 23

Assam tea industry demands concessional tax rate under GST

Submits a memorandum to empowered committee on GST, giving point-by-point reasons why taxation of tea should be concessional

Tea Board tweaks policy before first national e-auction

Allows proxy bidding to address concerns of tea lobby

TEA urges Tamil Nadu CM to take up knitwear sector issues with PM

A Shaktivel said, an ESI hospital in Tirupur with necessary facilities for patients was the need of the hour