{"id":913,"date":"2023-06-18T13:15:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T07:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=913"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:19:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:49:43","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-tea-board-in-india-consider-the-following-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-tea-board-in-india-consider-the-following-statements","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the \u201cTea Board\u201d in India, consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. The Tea Board is a statutory body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. It is a regulatory body attached to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The Tea Board\u2019s Head Office is situated in Bengaluru.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The Board has overseas offices at Dubai and Moscow.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Which of the statements given above are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 and 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 and 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 3 and 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1 and 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer: (d) 1 and 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Tea Board<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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      • The origin of the Tea Board can be traced to 1903 when the Indian Tea Cess Bill was passed to provide for levying a cess on tea exports.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The Tea Board is set up under the<\/strong> Tea Act 1953<\/strong>. It has succeeded the Central Tea Board and the Indian Tea Licencing Committee which functioned respectively under the Central Tea Board Act, 1949, and the Indian Tea Control Act, 1938 which were repealed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The Tea Board is functioning as a statutory body of the Central Government under the Ministry of Commerce.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Its headquarters is located in Kolkata, <\/strong>and 17 other offices across India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The Board is constituted of 31<\/strong> members (including the Chairman)<\/strong> drawn from Members of Parliament, tea producers, tea traders, tea brokers, consumers, and representatives of Governments from the principal tea producing states, and trade unions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The Board is reconstituted every three years.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The offices are located in Kolkata, London, Moscow, and Dubai.<\/strong> The Tea Board had an office in New York City in the 1960s and 70s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Mr. P V Ramaswamy was the first director of the NYC office from 1960 to 1963 and also returned to head it from 1973 to 1975.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        State of Indian Tea Industry<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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        • India is the second-largest producer of tea globally.<\/strong>\n
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          • The\u00a0northern part of India is the biggest producer<\/strong>\u00a0at about 83% of the country\u2019s annual tea production in 2021-22<\/strong>\u00a0with the majority of the production coming from\u00a0Assam followed by West Bengal.<\/strong>\n
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            • The Assam valley<\/strong> and Cachar<\/strong> are the two tea producing regions in Assam.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • In West Bengal, Dooars, Terai<\/strong> and Darjeeling<\/strong> are the three major tea producer regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The southern part of India produces about 17% of the country\u2019s total production<\/strong> with the major producing states being Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • India\u2019s total tea production<\/strong> for the financial year 2020-21 it was 1,283 million kg.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Consumption:<\/strong>\n
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              • India is also among the world\u2019s top tea consuming countries<\/strong>, with 80% of the tea produced in the country consumed by the domestic population.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Export:<\/strong>\n
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                • India is among the top 5 tea exporters in the world <\/strong>making about\u00a010% of the total exports.<\/strong>\n
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                  • In the year 2021, the total value of tea exports from India was around USD 687.9 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • India exports tea to more than 25 countries<\/strong>\u00a0throughout the world.\n
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                    • Russia, Iran, UAE, USA, the UK, Germany,<\/strong> and China<\/strong> are some of the major importers<\/strong> of tea from India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • India\u2019s total tea exports<\/strong> during 2021-22 in quantity was 201 million kg.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • The majority of the tea exported out of India is black tea which makes up about 96% of the total exports.<\/strong>\n
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                      • The types of tea exported through India are:\u00a0Black tea, Regular tea, Green tea, Herbal tea, Masala tea and Lemon tea.<\/strong>\n
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                        • Out of these, black tea, regular tea and green tea make up approximately 80%, 16% and 3.5% of the total tea exported from India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Indian Assam, Darjeeling<\/strong>, and Nilgiri<\/strong>tea<\/strong>\u00a0are considered one of the finest in the world.<\/strong>\n
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                          • Indian tea is one of the finest in the world due to strong geographical indications, heavy investment in tea processing units, continuous innovation, augmented product mix, and strategic market expansion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                          • Geographical Indication (GI) Tag:<\/strong>\n
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                            • Darjeeling Tea also known as \u201cChampagne of teas,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0worldwide because of its flowery scent was the\u00a01st<\/sup> GI tag product.<\/strong>\n
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                              • Other two variants<\/strong> of Darjeeling tea i.e., Green and White tea<\/strong> also hold GI tags.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              • Regulation of the Industry:<\/strong>\n
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                                • Tea Board of India<\/strong> is in charge of developing and promoting the tea industry in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n