No permission required to plant tea: Tea Board of India sentinelassam.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sentinelassam.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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At 92, Sagar Datt Mehta has probably seen everything life can throw at him. But even a veteran like him doesn’t remember facing the kind of prolonged drought that has dealt a debilitating blow to the Assam tea industry. And that too in the midst of a crippling pandemic. “It is really bad…very, very bad,” says Mehta, president of Badulipar Ltd, which owns the Koomtai Tea Estate in Golaghat district. Mehta is probably the world’s longest-serving executive in the industry, having come in contact with the tea bushes for the first time in 1954 in Assam. “We have badly fallen behind,” he adds.
FSSAI all set to launch one-stop digital portal for new licensing
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Synopsis The foremost challenges were to burst rumours, provide safe and wholesome food and regain exports. Col Pramod Shahaji Dahitule, regional director, eastern region, FSSAI, said.
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FSSAI has been prompt in adopting different strategies to deal with the pandemic.
Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is all set to launch a one stop digital portal for new licensing from July 1 after successfully launching pilot projects in the states. This was stated by Col Pramod Shahaji Dahitule, regional director, eastern region, FSSAI at the 6th Food Processing Conclave organised by CII on Friday.
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