If the tea plantation industry is to survive and sustain itself, the production margins must improve substantially. India has lost its leading position in tea exports over the last 20 years due to failure in facing the competition from China, Sri...

Nestled between the meandering loops of the Tocklai River, just south of Jorhat, a once humble market town turned Cosmopolitan City, sits the Tocklai Experimental Station (TES). Founded in 1911 with just one laboratory and two bungalows to its name...

The Union commerce ministry has turned to four wise men in the tea industry to secure the identity of Indian tea across the world markets. Tea industry hotshots like Aditya Khaitan of McLeod Russel, Tata Tea's Sangeeta Talwar, Hindustan Unilever's...

Tea production in India will be marginally lower this year than in the year before due to erratic weather, says Tea Board of India chairman Basudeb Banerjee. “This year our production has been slightly lower than last year. We will be marginally...

The government spends over Rs 60 lakh per annum on legal requirements to protect the `Darjeeling’ tea brand globally, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. This amount is spent to protect the word `Darjeeling’ and the logo of the tea produced...