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&lt;em&gt;Guwahati: &lt;/em&gt;The Tea Board of India is giving a big push to organic tea production in the country for the first time by providing 25 per cent more subsidy than the normal subsidy of 30 per cent.&lt;br /&gt;
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This has for the first time been incorporated in the Twelfth Plan by the board to give a boost to organic tea, which has been gaining momentum in the country.&lt;br /&gt;
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Besides, it has a premium market commanding high prices abroad. &amp;quot;We will try to mitigate the problems being faced by gardens wanting to go organic to some extent,&amp;quot; S. Soundarajan, director of tea development, Tea Board of India, told The Telegraph.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The total money kept for orthodox tea production subsidy is Rs 150 crore. A total of 50 per cent of the cost of certification will be paid as subsidy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The term organic describes both how an agricultural product is grown and processed. An organic product is free of chemicals, antibiotics, synthetic hormones, genetic modifications and field use of sewage sludge as fertiliser.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It takes a minimum of three years for a garden to become organic and it will have to be certified as organic by an accredited certifying agency. Organic tea constituted two per cent of the total organic products exported in India in 2012-13.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Officials say one of the primary reasons for a shift to the organic sector is the premium market that commands high prices. Besides this, organic tea cultivation could be a solution to restore/increase the continuous depleting crop productivity under the present chemical farming practice, to restore soil/ecosystem, depleted under years of synthetic fertilisers and agro-chemical application and to redress the problem of climate change and to generate employment and reduce health hazards for the workers.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;It is a progressive move by the board to encourage gardens to go organic. But to get benefits for us who already have an organic tea garden - Hathikuli in Assam will have to see and talk to the board,&amp;quot; managing director of Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited, Jagjeet Singh Kandal, told The Telegraph. He said the company is proud to be pioneering in the development and evolution of an effective package of practices for organic conversion and cultivation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The market for organic tea is in Europe and especially Germany. &amp;quot;The market in India is very small and a niche one,&amp;quot; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
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The 687-hectare Hathikuli tea garden, situated on the periphery of Kaziranga National Park, is certified organic according to the Indian, US, European Union and Japanese organic agricultural standards.&lt;br /&gt;
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The process of organic transformation of Hathikuli garden was undertaken in 2007 and was achieved in 2011. &amp;quot;Though the move is good I am sceptical of the economic benefits after three years of conversion from inorganic to organic. Costs are rising,&amp;quot; C.S. Bedi, managing director of Rossel Tea, said.&lt;br /&gt;
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The working group on climate change constituted by the Inter-governmental Group on Tea under the UN&#039;s Food and Agriculture Organisation, which met in Rome last year, had said organic cultivation of tea is a sustainable way to battle climate change. &amp;quot;Organic cultivation of tea is a sustainable way to combat climate change. Use of naturally available products, such as organic manure or compost, increases climate resilience,&amp;quot; the group had said in its report last year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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The 687-hectare Hathikuli tea garden, situated on the periphery of Kaziranga National Park, is certified organic according to the Indian, US, European Union and Japanese organic agricultural standards.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Guwahati: &lt;/em&gt;The Tea Board of India is giving a big push to organic tea production in the country for the first time by providing 25 per cent more subsidy than the normal subsidy of 30 per cent.&lt;br /&gt;
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Besides, it has a premium market commanding high prices abroad. &amp;quot;We will try to mitigate the problems being faced by gardens wanting to go organic to some extent,&amp;quot; S. Soundarajan, director of tea development, Tea Board of India, told The Telegraph.&lt;br /&gt;
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The total money kept for orthodox tea production subsidy is Rs 150 crore. A total of 50 per cent of the cost of certification will be paid as subsidy.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;It is a progressive move by the board to encourage gardens to go organic. But to get benefits for us who already have an organic tea garden - Hathikuli in Assam will have to see and talk to the board,&amp;quot; managing director of Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited, Jagjeet Singh Kandal, told The Telegraph. He said the company is proud to be pioneering in the development and evolution of an effective package of practices for organic conversion and cultivation.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
The term organic describes both how an agricultural product is grown and processed. An organic product is free of chemicals, antibiotics, synthetic hormones, genetic modifications and field use of sewage sludge as fertiliser.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Guwahati: &lt;/em&gt;The Tea Board of India is giving a big push to organic tea production in the country for the first time by providing 25 per cent more subsidy than the normal subsidy of 30 per cent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This has for the first time been incorporated in the Twelfth Plan by the board to give a boost to organic tea, which has been gaining momentum in the country.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Besides, it has a premium market commanding high prices abroad. &amp;quot;We will try to mitigate the problems being faced by gardens wanting to go organic to some extent,&amp;quot; S. Soundarajan, director of tea development, Tea Board of India, told The Telegraph.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The total money kept for orthodox tea production subsidy is Rs 150 crore. A total of 50 per cent of the cost of certification will be paid as subsidy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The term organic describes both how an agricultural product is grown and processed. An organic product is free of chemicals, antibiotics, synthetic hormones, genetic modifications and field use of sewage sludge as fertiliser.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It takes a minimum of three years for a garden to become organic and it will have to be certified as organic by an accredited certifying agency. Organic tea constituted two per cent of the total organic products exported in India in 2012-13.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;It is a progressive move by the board to encourage gardens to go organic. But to get benefits for us who already have an organic tea garden - Hathikuli in Assam will have to see and talk to the board,&amp;quot; managing director of Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited, Jagjeet Singh Kandal, told The Telegraph. He said the company is proud to be pioneering in the development and evolution of an effective package of practices for organic conversion and cultivation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The market for organic tea is in Europe and especially Germany. &amp;quot;The market in India is very small and a niche one,&amp;quot; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
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The 687-hectare Hathikuli tea garden, situated on the periphery of Kaziranga National Park, is certified organic according to the Indian, US, European Union and Japanese organic agricultural standards.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The process of organic transformation of Hathikuli garden was undertaken in 2007 and was achieved in 2011. &amp;quot;Though the move is good I am sceptical of the economic benefits after three years of conversion from inorganic to organic. Costs are rising,&amp;quot; C.S. Bedi, managing director of Rossel Tea, said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The working group on climate change constituted by the Inter-governmental Group on Tea under the UN&#039;s Food and Agriculture Organisation, which met in Rome last year, had said organic cultivation of tea is a sustainable way to battle climate change. &amp;quot;Organic cultivation of tea is a sustainable way to combat climate change. Use of naturally available products, such as organic manure or compost, increases climate resilience,&amp;quot; the group had said in its report last year.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Guwahati: &lt;/em&gt;The Tea Board of India is giving a big push to organic tea production in the country for the first time by providing 25 per cent more subsidy than the normal subsidy of 30 per cent.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;It is a progressive move by the board to encourage gardens to go organic. But to get benefits for us who already have an organic tea garden - Hathikuli in Assam will have to see and talk to the board,&amp;quot; managing director of Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited, Jagjeet Singh Kandal, told The Telegraph. He said the company is proud to be pioneering in the development and evolution of an effective package of practices for organic conversion and cultivation.&lt;br /&gt;
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The process of organic transformation of Hathikuli garden was undertaken in 2007 and was achieved in 2011. &amp;quot;Though the move is good I am sceptical of the economic benefits after three years of conversion from inorganic to organic. Costs are rising,&amp;quot; C.S. Bedi, managing director of Rossel Tea, said.&lt;br /&gt;
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<br />
<em>Guwahati: </em>The Tea Board of India is giving a big push to organic tea production in the country for the first time by providing 25 per cent more subsidy than the normal subsidy of 30 per cent.<br />
<br />
This has for the first time been incorporated in the Twelfth Plan by the board to give a boost to organic tea, which has been gaining momentum in the country.<br />
<br />
Besides, it has a premium market commanding high prices abroad. &quot;We will try to mitigate the problems being faced by gardens wanting to go organic to some extent,&quot; S. Soundarajan, director of tea development, Tea Board of India, told The Telegraph.<br />
<br />
The total money kept for orthodox tea production subsidy is Rs 150 crore. A total of 50 per cent of the cost of certification will be paid as subsidy.<br />
<br />
The term organic describes both how an agricultural product is grown and processed. An organic product is free of chemicals, antibiotics, synthetic hormones, genetic modifications and field use of sewage sludge as fertiliser.<br />
<br />
It takes a minimum of three years for a garden to become organic and it will have to be certified as organic by an accredited certifying agency. Organic tea constituted two per cent of the total organic products exported in India in 2012-13.<br />
<br />
The problems for gardens that wish to go organic are two-fold - yield drop and increase in cost of production. Sources say the average yield drop is 44 per cent over the conventional cultivation and over 65 per cent in<br />
<br />
crease in the cost of production.<br />
<br />
Officials say one of the primary reasons for a shift to the organic sector is the premium market that commands high prices. Besides this, organic tea cultivation could be a solution to restore/increase the continuous depleting crop productivity under the present chemical farming practice, to restore soil/ecosystem, depleted under years of synthetic fertilisers and agro-chemical application and to redress the problem of climate change and to generate employment and reduce health hazards for the workers.<br />
<br />
&quot;It is a progressive move by the board to encourage gardens to go organic. But to get benefits for us who already have an organic tea garden - Hathikuli in Assam will have to see and talk to the board,&quot; managing director of Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited, Jagjeet Singh Kandal, told The Telegraph. He said the company is proud to be pioneering in the development and evolution of an effective package of practices for organic conversion and cultivation.<br />
<br />
The market for organic tea is in Europe and especially Germany. &quot;The market in India is very small and a niche one,&quot; he said.<br />
<br />
The 687-hectare Hathikuli tea garden, situated on the periphery of Kaziranga National Park, is certified organic according to the Indian, US, European Union and Japanese organic agricultural standards.<br />
<br />
The process of organic transformation of Hathikuli garden was undertaken in 2007 and was achieved in 2011. &quot;Though the move is good I am sceptical of the economic benefits after three years of conversion from inorganic to organic. Costs are rising,&quot; C.S. Bedi, managing director of Rossel Tea, said.<br />
<br />
The working group on climate change constituted by the Inter-governmental Group on Tea under the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, which met in Rome last year, had said organic cultivation of tea is a sustainable way to battle climate change. &quot;Organic cultivation of tea is a sustainable way to combat climate change. Use of naturally available products, such as organic manure or compost, increases climate resilience,&quot; the group had said in its report last year.<br />
<br />
The tea board today announced that tea production in 2014-15 was 1197.18 million kg, of which the share of Assam was 606.80 million kg. The production in 2014 calendar year from January to December was 1207.31 million kg, of which Assam's share is 610.97 million kg.
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-The Telegraph<br />
<br />
<em>Guwahati: </em>The Tea Board of India is giving a big push to organic tea production in the country for the first time by providing 25 per cent more subsidy than the normal subsidy of 30 per cent.<br />
<br />
This has for the first time been incorporated in the Twelfth Plan by the board to give a boost to organic tea, which has been gaining momentum in the country.<br />
<br />
Besides, it has a premium market commanding high prices abroad. &quot;We will try to mitigate the problems being faced by gardens wanting to go organic to some extent,&quot; S. Soundarajan, director of tea development, Tea Board of India, told The Telegraph.<br />
<br />
The total money kept for orthodox tea production subsidy is Rs 150 crore. A total of 50 per cent of the cost of certification will be paid as subsidy.<br />
<br />
The term organic describes both how an agricultural product is grown and processed. An organic product is free of chemicals, antibiotics, synthetic hormones, genetic modifications and field use of sewage sludge as fertiliser.<br />
<br />
It takes a minimum of three years for a garden to become organic and it will have to be certified as organic by an accredited certifying agency. Organic tea constituted two per cent of the total organic products exported in India in 2012-13.<br />
<br />
The problems for gardens that wish to go organic are two-fold - yield drop and increase in cost of production. Sources say the average yield drop is 44 per cent over the conventional cultivation and over 65 per cent in<br />
<br />
crease in the cost of production.<br />
<br />
Officials say one of the primary reasons for a shift to the organic sector is the premium market that commands high prices. Besides this, organic tea cultivation could be a solution to restore/increase the continuous depleting crop productivity under the present chemical farming practice, to restore soil/ecosystem, depleted under years of synthetic fertilisers and agro-chemical application and to redress the problem of climate change and to generate employment and reduce health hazards for the workers.<br />
<br />
&quot;It is a progressive move by the board to encourage gardens to go organic. But to get benefits for us who already have an organic tea garden - Hathikuli in Assam will have to see and talk to the board,&quot; managing director of Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited, Jagjeet Singh Kandal, told The Telegraph. He said the company is proud to be pioneering in the development and evolution of an effective package of practices for organic conversion and cultivation.<br />
<br />
The market for organic tea is in Europe and especially Germany. &quot;The market in India is very small and a niche one,&quot; he said.<br />
<br />
The 687-hectare Hathikuli tea garden, situated on the periphery of Kaziranga National Park, is certified organic according to the Indian, US, European Union and Japanese organic agricultural standards.<br />
<br />
The process of organic transformation of Hathikuli garden was undertaken in 2007 and was achieved in 2011. &quot;Though the move is good I am sceptical of the economic benefits after three years of conversion from inorganic to organic. Costs are rising,&quot; C.S. Bedi, managing director of Rossel Tea, said.<br />
<br />
The working group on climate change constituted by the Inter-governmental Group on Tea under the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, which met in Rome last year, had said organic cultivation of tea is a sustainable way to battle climate change. &quot;Organic cultivation of tea is a sustainable way to combat climate change. Use of naturally available products, such as organic manure or compost, increases climate resilience,&quot; the group had said in its report last year.<br />
<br />
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Big push for organic tea in India -Roopak Goswami

-The Telegraph Guwahati: The Tea Board of India is giving a big push to organic tea production in the country for the first time by providing 25 per cent more subsidy than the normal subsidy of 30 per cent. This has for the first time been incorporated in the Twelfth Plan by the board to give a boost to organic tea, which has been gaining momentum in the country. Besides, it has a premium market commanding high prices abroad. "We will try to mitigate the problems being faced by gardens wanting to go organic to some extent," S. Soundarajan, director of tea development, Tea Board of India, told The Telegraph. The total money kept for orthodox tea production subsidy is Rs 150 crore. A total of 50 per cent of the cost of certification will be paid as subsidy. The term organic describes both how an agricultural product is grown and processed. An organic product is free of chemicals, antibiotics, synthetic hormones, genetic modifications and field use of sewage sludge as fertiliser. It takes a minimum of three years for a garden to become organic and it will have to be certified as organic by an accredited certifying agency. Organic tea constituted two per cent of the total organic products exported in India in 2012-13. The problems for gardens that wish to go organic are two-fold - yield drop and increase in cost of production. Sources say the average yield drop is 44 per cent over the conventional cultivation and over 65 per cent in crease in the cost of production. Officials say one of the primary reasons for a shift to the organic sector is the premium market that commands high prices. Besides this, organic tea cultivation could be a solution to restore/increase the continuous depleting crop productivity under the present chemical farming practice, to restore soil/ecosystem, depleted under years of synthetic fertilisers and agro-chemical application and to redress the problem of climate change and to generate employment and reduce health hazards for the workers. "It is a progressive move by the board to encourage gardens to go organic. But to get benefits for us who already have an organic tea garden - Hathikuli in Assam will have to see and talk to the board," managing director of Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited, Jagjeet Singh Kandal, told The Telegraph. He said the company is proud to be pioneering in the development and evolution of an effective package of practices for organic conversion and cultivation. The market for organic tea is in Europe and especially Germany. "The market in India is very small and a niche one," he said. The 687-hectare Hathikuli tea garden, situated on the periphery of Kaziranga National Park, is certified organic according to the Indian, US, European Union and Japanese organic agricultural standards. The process of organic transformation of Hathikuli garden was undertaken in 2007 and was achieved in 2011. "Though the move is good I am sceptical of the economic benefits after three years of conversion from inorganic to organic. Costs are rising," C.S. Bedi, managing director of Rossel Tea, said. The working group on climate change constituted by the Inter-governmental Group on Tea under the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, which met in Rome last year, had said organic cultivation of tea is a sustainable way to battle climate change. "Organic cultivation of tea is a sustainable way to combat climate change. Use of naturally available products, such as organic manure or compost, increases climate resilience," the group had said in its report last year. The tea board today announced that tea production in 2014-15 was 1197.18 million kg, of which the share of Assam was 606.80 million kg. The production in 2014 calendar year from January to December was 1207.31 million kg, of which Assam's share is 610.97 million kg.