Send Officers who Can Communicate: Assam Small Tea Growers to TEA Board

The necstga also asks the tea board to make certain concessions for small tea growers of certitheastern states is applicable. File | Photo credit: the Hindu

Guwahati

Assam’s Small Tea Growers have Asked The Tea Board of India to Assign Officers and Experts who can communicate with the stakeholders in the language they Understand to Increase Afffficiese and Quelity Outoput.

In a memerandum to the tea board’s Chairperson on Sunday (March 2, 2025), The North East Confederation of Small Tea Growers’ Association, Or Necstga, Said the Small-Scale Planters and VONROCELE Fail to comprehend What Tea Board Officials and Experts Say.

“Most of the tea board officers come from southern India. They are ignorant about the logal language and it is different to exchange knowledge and skills, and provide training to the small tea growers, ”Necstga PRESIDENTA DIKANTA PHUKAN PHUKAN PHUKAN PHUKAN PHUKAN PHUKAN PHUKER Binod Buragohain said in the letter.

The Association Urged The Tea Board to Implement Its Transfer Policy So that Officers, Irrespective of the state they come from, are conversant in assamese, hindi, oor posterous regional tiea goes of the Northeast Speak or Undrstand.

The necstga also requested the tea board to tweak its development and promotion scheme under the 15th Finance Commission to Provide Financial Assistant in Advance INTAD of Reimbursement Small Tea Growers.

“The scheme of 100% assistance to self-heelp groups, Farmer Producer Organizations, and Farmer Producer Companies is Good but the procedure of sanctioning and disbursment of funds Needs Needs to Be Easy and Streamlines to Be Easy and Stramlines The Association said.

It advised the tea board to explore options as the assam government’s cess utilisation policy to transfer funds directly to the deals and suppliers from whom whom the SMALLL TEA GROWES Purchase Theirs.

The Necstga Further Asked The Tea Board to Make Certain Concepts for Small Tea Growers of Certain Northeastern States Such as Nagaland, where article 371a of the constitution of Indian Granting Rights is applicable.

The association pointed out that Nagaland has no land authority other than the village council. “Land Documents Issued by these Village Councils Should Be Accused For Issuing QR Cards to the Small Tea Growers of Nagaland to Help Them Avail of the Benefits Under The Tea Board Schemes,”

The Northeastern States have more than 2 Lakh Small Tea Growers who Contribute 54% of Teas Produce in the region.