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ETVBHARAT

1/15/2025

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00:00I don't understand why Nepal's tea is not stopping.

00:03We have also given them a solution.

00:05If Nepal's tea comes to India through a proper channel,

00:08through a new auction system,

00:10only Nepal's tea,

00:12then we will know everything from them.

00:14How much Nepal's tea is coming?

00:16Where is its traceability being sold?

00:18Who is buying it?

00:20At what rate is it being sold?

00:22And the biggest thing is its FSSI testing.

00:24Today, if tea comes from the auction,

00:26then it will be able to test every lot.

00:29And it can be found that

00:31the tea of good quality is sold.

00:34The tea of poor quality is not sold.

00:37Sir, how much percentage is being damaged by Nepal's tea?

00:40Nepal's tea is the main thing.

00:42The figures that have come from there,

00:44approximately 15 to 16 million kilos of tea has been imported.

00:48But more than quantity, it is a matter of sentiment.

00:51If a bad tea comes from there and sells cheaply,

00:54then the sentiment of the Indian tea market gets spoiled.

00:56Sir, how much is the total production of Indian tea?

01:00And how much is the share of North East and especially North Bengal?

01:03In North Bengal, approximately 450 million kilos of tea is produced in a year.

01:08And in the whole of India,

01:10the figures that have come so far,

01:12110 million kilos of tea are short.

01:15Last year, our overall production for the whole year of All India was 1393 million.

01:20This year, it has come to 1255-1260 million.

01:24So, the production is less than last year.

01:26And in the beginning, the price was also high.

01:28But the price that has fallen in the last year,

01:31Rs. 100, has broken the back of the seller.

01:54When will the labourers and staffs come to work?

01:57Another thing is that,

01:59at this time, there is a shortage of good tea leaves in North Bengal.

02:06Yes.

02:07So, they have to sit.

02:09And in this way, water is being supplied.

02:11Water is being supplied to Thargana.

02:13Everyone is working together.

02:15I have seen a picture of you there.

02:18Yes.

02:19Last year, there was a shortage of good tea leaves.

02:21Now, there is a shortage of good tea leaves.

02:23I have seen a picture of you there.

02:29I have seen a picture of you there.

02:37I have seen a picture of you there.

02:40Sir, what is the condition of the tea gardens?

02:42This year, the tea gardens are in a very bad position.

02:47Earlier, it was bad.

02:49But this time, the government has come up with a decision,

02:53that the tea gardens will be shut down on 30th November.

02:57So, all the planters of Dwars, even Assam,

03:01have shut down the tea gardens on 30th November.

03:04They have given one or two days to manufacture the tea.

03:08But this time, the climate change was such that,

03:11in the beginning, the temperature was 42 degrees.

03:15It was the highest temperature in North Bengal.

03:19And this continued.

03:21The plants died.

03:23And after that, when it rained,

03:25it continued for 20 to 25 days.

03:27So, what happened was,

03:29the chemical that was supposed to be given,

03:31even if it was given, it was washed away.

03:34So, new diseases were born.

03:37One was lupus, heliopatics,

03:42and now there is a new disease, Fusarium.

03:45The plant turns black.

03:47After breaking the leaf, there is no growth.

03:49So, due to this, in July and August,

03:53there was a lot of crop loss.

03:55Almost all the tea gardens,

03:5715 to 20 percent,

03:59some are even 25 to 30 percent behind.

04:01Despite that, the tea board directive came.

04:04It's a good thing.

04:05It's a good thing that they gave the directive.

04:07We would have said,

04:08they should have given the directive earlier.

04:10But our expenses,

04:12the government's expenses,

04:14our staff, labour's expenses,

04:16if they had given it,

04:17we would have closed the gardens three months ago.

04:19But this kind of decision,

04:21a one-sided decision,

04:22the chief minister of Assam,

04:24or the producer of Assam,

04:25would have said that

04:26closing the gardens on 30th November,

04:29and in the climate of Assam,

04:31and in the climate of Doha,

04:32there is a difference of 15 days.

04:33If they had not closed the gardens on 30th November,

04:37they would have done it on 15th December as well.

04:40But if they had done it on 15th September,

04:42the gardens would not have been covered.

04:45After Pooja, the leaves came out really well.

04:49I will send you a photo,

04:50you can see it.

04:51I am cutting the leaves and throwing them away.

04:53I am crying.

04:54Such good leaves had never come in the season.

04:56And we have to cut the leaves and throw them away.

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