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The Union Government has reconstituted the Tea Board, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette (July 1, 2011).
Mr C.N. Nataraj (President, UPASI, Coonoor), Mr C.S. Bedi (Chairman, Indian Tea Association, Kolkata), Mr D.K. Sarma (Vice-President, All Assam Small Tea Growers' Association), Mr Sankar Malakar (West Bengal), Mr Koshy Baby (Gudalur, Nilgiris), Mr P V Balachandran (Wayanad, Kerala), Mr R.S. Thakur (Himachal Pradesh) and Mr J.L. Butail (Himachal Pradesh) will represent growers.
Dr S. Ramu (Doddacombu, Coonoor, who is also President, Nilgiris Bought Leaf Tea Manufacturers' Association) and Mr Sanjiv Sarin (Regional President, South Asia, Tata Global Beverages Ltd) will represent manufacturers.
Mr Hiranya Bora (Assam), Mr A.K. Mony (Kerala), Mr Aloke Chakraborthy and Mrs B.D. Mohinta (both West Bengal) will represent employees. Mr Chandrakant (Coimbatore) and Mr Anushman Kanoria (Kolkata) will be dealers representatives.
Dr A.K. Agarwala (Siliguri) and Mr Samir Roy (Japaiguri) will serve the interest of consumers. Ms Chitra Ramesh (Bengaluru) and Mr Deba Prasad Ray (Kolkata) will represent other interests.
Secretaries of the Governments of Assam, Kerala, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh are representatives of Governments of principal tea growing States. Mr Rajen Gohain (Lok Sabha), Mr P. Vishwanathan (Lok Sabha) and Mr Saman Pathak (Rajya Sabha) will represent Parliament. The members term is valid till March 31, 2014.
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