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COONOOR - India is working on a strategic plan for an ambitious growth of its tea industry over the next seven years.
COONOOR - Enthused by the success of electronic auction centres of the state-run Tea Board, the United Planters' Association of Southern India (Upasi) plans to launch soon its own platform to conduct e-auctions as a full-fledged commodities exchange.
COONOOR - The government Tuesday asked the commodity plantation sector in southern India to brace for competition in the domestic and export markets coming from free trade agreements (FTAs) with other countries and regions.
COONOOR - The United Planters' Association of Southern India (Upasi) has expressed concern over the alarming decline in productivity levels of coffee during the last decade.
COONOOR - Planters of coffee, tea, spices and rubber of south India here Tuesday urged the government to share 50 percent of the cost of social and welfare benefits they are compelled to bear under law.
