Tea Board sets deadline for plucking of green tea leaves

GUWAHATI: The Tea Board of India has set deadlines for plucking of green tea leaves and processing of the same by the factories in order to ensure quality control in the seven northeastern states including Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Manipur. While the Board has set December 10, 2018 as last date for plucking and receiving of green leaves for all the tea factories the seven states, December 11 was set as deadline for processing of the green leaf.

All the factories must intimate to the Board about the closure of manufacturing by December 12 this year. The move by the Board has elated the producers as it is believed that the move will help ensure quality of the Assam tea. (IANS)