9-member panel for small tea growers

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The Tea Board of India has formed a nine-member core committee to address the issues of small tea growers who contribute around 52 per cent of the total tea produced in the country. On January 19, S. Soundararajan, director of tea development in the tea board, issued a notification stating that the committee would be an informal platform for the exchange of ideas and deliberations on the status of the industry, its challenges and solutions.