Tea industry seeks policy support as rising costs, labour shortage strain margins https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=71051 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. en-us Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:01:05 +0530 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:01:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator Tea industry seeks policy support as rising costs, labour shortage strain margins https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=71051 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. News - Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:01:05 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=71051