Since the World Bank announced a $14 billion funding package for the COVID-19 pandemic last month, tea workers living in squalid conditions on plantations owned by the World Bank and Tata Group – ...

Unions in Assam say many workers are paid below minimum wage and live in poverty on the plantations where they work CHENNAI, India, Sept 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tens of thousands of tea ...

MANANTHAVADY, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sipping tea with bureaucrats at a plantation in southern India earlier this month, Sharda Krishnan's mind wandered from the boardroom to the farm ...

However, it is important to note that nearly 90 percent of India’s tea production comprises CTC tea. This highlights the need for greater initiatives and focused efforts to increase the share of ...

For more than two centuries, Tamil tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka have been trapped in poverty, enduring structural ...

Indian tea sector in 2025: Increased output, higher exports, challenges & 2026 outlook. Key trends, prices, and future ...

The Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Associations (Cista), the apex body of small tea growers in the country, has urged the Tea Board of India to announce the last date of tea plucking for ...