Tea Board India

 

Tea Board India

  • The genesis of the Tea Board India dates back to 1903 when the Indian Tea Cess Bill was passed.
  • The present Tea Board set up under section 4 of the Tea Act 1953 was constituted on 1st April 1954.
  • It has succeeded the Central Tea Board and the Indian Tea Licencing Committee which functioned respectively under the Central Tea Board Act, 1949 and the Indian Tea Control Act, 1938 which were repealed.
  • Head Office located in Kolkata

Board Organisation

  • Board is functioning as a statutory body under the Ministry of Commerce.
  • The Board is constituted of 31 members (including Chairman) drawn from Members of Parliament, tea producers, tea traders, tea brokers, consumers, and representatives of Governments from the principal tea producing states, and trade unions .
  • The Board is reconstituted every 3 years.

Standing committees

  • Executive Committee → administrative matters
  • Export Promotion Committee → export promotion
  • Labor Welfare Committee → welfare schemes for the benefit of the plantation workers
  • Development Committee → overseeing the various developmental schemes
  • Licensing Committee for North India & For South India

Functions

  • Rendering financial and technical assistance for cultivation, manufacture and marketing of tea.
  • Export Promotion
  • Aiding Research and Development activities for augmentation of tea production and improvement of tea quality.
  • Extend financial assistance in a limited way to the plantation workers and their wards through labor welfare schemes.
  • To encourage and assist both financially and technically the unorganized small growers sector.
  • Collection and maintenance of Statistical data and publication
  • Such other activities as are assigned from time to time by the Central Government.

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