-The Telegraph The wages for workers of the Terai and Dooars tea gardens were revised at a tripartite meeting in Calcutta today, the hike of Rs 18 making it almost equal to the amount that the workforce in the Darjeeling gardens has been getting since April this year. According to the three-year agreement, the daily wage of the workers will be Rs 85 for the current year, Rs 90 for 2012-2013 and...
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EU stamp for Darjeeling Tea by Vivek Chhetri
The European Commission has registered Darjeeling Tea as a Protected Geographic Indication (PGI) product — the first commodity from India to get such a tag. The status implies that the brew produced only in Darjeeling can be sold as Darjeeling Tea in the European Union countries. But a section of blenders, who at present pass off brew with a certain percentage of Darjeeling brew as Darjeeling Tea, have been given a...
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-IANS The European Union (EU) has registered India's Darjeeling tea as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), that seek to protect product names from misuse and imitation. It is the seventh non-EU product receiving the protected status, following one from Colombia and five from China, the EuAsiaNews reported. Darjeeling tea has been added to over 1,000 names of agricultural products and foodstuffs protected as PGI in the EU, the European Commission, the EU's executive...
More »Tragedy exposes hospital plight by Vivek Chhetri
The Bijanbari bridge collapse has brought to the fore the lack of basic amenities at the hill hospitals, whose staff were yesterday praised by the chief minister for their efficiency in tackling the emergency that arose out of the accident. But the healthcare system needs more than just praise. Basic equipment like CT scan and MRI machines have not yet been installed at the Darjeeling district hospital while the Bijanbari rural...
More »WB governor dubs Mamata's 7-day deadline to Maoists as "generous offer" by Amitava Banerjee
Former special advisor for Internal Security to the Prime Minister and present governor of West Bengal Mayankote Kelath Narayanan dubbed chief minister Mamata Banerjee's seven day deadline to the Maoist to lay down arms as a "generous offer." On arrival in Darjeeling on Monday, Narayanan, talking to the media stated, "This is the part of the strategy to get the Maoists to the table. The CM's earlier peace proposal seems to...
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