Damage to Tea Plantation

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..... Damage to Tea Plantation
News and Press Release
Dated:- 14-5-2012

Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry 14-May-2012 16:45 IST In the first week .....

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..... of April, 2012, a severe cyclonic hailstorm hit the Chopra Block of Uttar Dinajpur District of West Bengal causing some damage to the tea bushes and shade trees, resulting in defoliation. The affecte .....

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..... d bushes have become unfit for cropping for the next three months. : The Government is seized of the matter and the Tea Board has called for a report from its field office as well as from the Tea Re .....

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..... search Association on the details of the extent of damage and the area affected. Support will be given to the affected small growers under the existing schemes of the Tea Board for providing subsidy f .....

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..... or pruning of bushes, technical know-how for restoring bushes to vigour and working capital loan/revolving corpus for Self Help Groups. This information was given by Shri Jyotiradiya M. Scindia, Min .....

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..... ister of State for Commerce & Industry in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. DS/GK
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