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Representations Received Declaring Tea as National Drink.
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....epresentations Received Declaring Tea as National Drink. <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 16-5-2012<br><BR>Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry 16-May-2....
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....012 15:42 IST Representations Received Declaring Tea as National Drink The representation received from the joint forum of Assam Tea Planters Association (ATPA), North Eastern Tea Association (NETA)....
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.... and Bharatiya Cha Parishad (BCP) has appealed for declaring tea as a national drink of India as it is consumed by large sections of people and this would also contribute to its brand building exercis....
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....e. There is no fixed criteria for according national status to any particular product/commodity. However, a proposal to declare tea as the national drink of India was earlier examined during 2006 in c....
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....onsultation with the Central Ministries/Departments concerned and the States/UTs. The matter was not pursued further as objections were raised by some of the State Governments and it was felt that cof....
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....fee is a competing beverage and both have respective market shares and declaring one particular beverage as a 'national drink' will likely be at the cost of the other. This information was given by t....
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....he Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today. DS/GK<BR> News - Press release - PIB....