Himachal Pradesh recorded Kangra tea, an orthodox variety close to Darjeeling tea, production of 10,01,419 kg in last fiscal and the government aims to revive the British-era tea industry, State Agriculture Minister Virender Kanwar said on Sunday.
At present, 2,310 hectares come under tea cultivation in foothills of Dhauladhar in Dharamsala, Shahpur, Nagrota Bagwan, Palampur, Jaisinghpur, Baijnath and Joginder Nagar areas.
CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University in Palampur has pla...
Himachal Pradesh aims to revive British-era tea industry
Setting a record, premium quality orthodox tea from a tea estate in eastern Assam's Dibrugarh was sold at Rs 99,999 per kg in the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) on Tuesday, officials said.
Breaking its own record set earlier, the Manohari gold tea of Dibrugarh was sold to Saurav Tea Traders with the highest bid of Rs 99,999 per kilogram at the GTAC. Last year, the the same was sold at Rs 75,000 per kilogram, the highest in the year, at the GTAC.
The tea estate owner Rajan Lohia ...
One kg specialised Assam tea sold at record price of Rs 99,999
The first International Tea Day Special Auction organised by mjunction services limited, India's leading B2B e-commerce company, fetched record prices and met with resounding success at the Jorhat tea e-marketplace.
A statement of mjunction services on Tuesday said that most of the best marks of eastern Assam like Hookhmol, Lankashi, Diroibam, Aideobari Premium, Muktabari, Rungliting Tea Estate, Narayanpur Panbarry, Durgapur, Tirual, Arin, Kathonibari, Friends Tea and Pabhojan particip...
Assam tea gets record prices at 1st mjunction special auction