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A special court in Jhabua on Saturday convicted a former district collector and six others for 'misuse of post, fraud and corruption' in a tender, an

A special CBI court in Indore has awarded four-year rigorous imprisonment to eight persons, including three then inspectors of Central Excise Department and then MD of a private company, for committing fraud that caused a loss of Rs 13 crore to ...

Assam’s tea industry is reeling from the effects of rainfall deficit and Covid-induced lockdowns GUWAHATI: After being hit hard by Covid-induced lockdowns last year, Assam’s tea industry is reeling from rainfall deficit this year, and as a result tea production till May is projected to drop by about 60 million kg as compared to the same period in 2019. Adviser of North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) Bidyananda Barkakoty said, “2021 has been an unusual year so far for the Assam tea industry as far as tea production is concerned. A study has been carried out to assess crop losses due to...

Assam tea industry predicts crop loss of 40% due to drought ​ By IANS | ​ 0 Views   Nagaon: A plantation worker busy plucking tea leaves at a tea garden in Assam's Nagaon on June 10, 2019. . Image Source: IANS News Guwahati, May 19 : While the Covid-induced economic distress struck all sectors, the Assam tea industry also apprehends that the prolonged drought-like situation might cause a crop deficit from January to May this year amounting to about 40 per cent, over the same period in 2019. North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) adviser Bidyananda Barkakoty, citing a recent study, said t...

Crop loss estimated at 60 million kg The double whammy of COVID-19 infection among plantation workers and drought-like conditions has rendered an estimated crop loss of 60 million kilograms to tea estates in Assam. “Spells of pre-monsoon showers have made planters heave a sigh of relief, but the damage has already been done,” the North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) and Bharatiya Cha Parishad (BCP) said following a survey across plantations. Second year of loss This is the second successive year of massive crop loss. The lockdown last year saw most of Assam’s 803 major estates and mo...