<h1>Minimum sustainable price mechanism sought to align tea production costs with prices; calls for subsidies, tariff relief, import monitoring.</h1> Planters seek a minimum sustainable price mechanism to align production costs and price realisation, expedited release of pending Tea Board subsidies, interest subvention on working capital loans, and access to agricultural schemes. They also request lower power tariffs and implementation of West Bengal solar provisions, financial incentives for specialty production and machinery upgrades, and stricter monitoring of cheap imports and mislabelling to protect quality and export credibility.