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Benchmark of quality tea
| 2021-08-03T10:00:43+05:30
Persisting difference between the small tea growers and the bought-leaf factories in Assam over the PSF (Price Sharing Formula) and the MBP (Minimum Benchmark Prices) of green tea leaf does not augur well for the industry and needs a pragmatic approach to find a permanent solution. As the small tea growers contribute to about 50 per cent total tea production in the State, fluctuation in the prices of green tea leaf has a direct bearing on the industry which cannot be ignored.Volatility of green leaf prices leading to distress selling of green leaf has been overshadowing the success story of a silent economic revolution in the State scripted by the over one lakh first-generation Assamese entrepreneurs. The quality of green leaf is crucial to the quality of made tea and there are no two ways about it. Quality made tea can fetch better price which, in turn, can benefit the growers, provided the share of the profit is passed o
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