Small tea growers body urges govt to come up with a policy to ensure fair pricing mechanism

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The Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Association (CISTA) has urged the Union Ministry for Commerce and Industry to come up with a policy for ensuring fair and remunerative pricing of green tea leaf taking into account the cost of production forgrowers. In a representation submitted to Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal, the association has called for setting the price of green tea leaf at around ?30 a kg. Currently small tea growers (STGs) get around ?17-18 a kg for green tea leaf produced depending on the region and quality of crop.