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Government support for the Tea Board of India is shrinking, with total allocation being approximately ₹250 crore, an official said.
“The Tea Board is working under the backdrop of shrinking government financial support. The Board also labours under the burden of high administrative costs, with more than ₹70 crore per year being spent on employees and maintenance of infrastructure, out of a total allocation of approximately ₹250 crore,” non-executive chairman of the board PK Bezbaruah told PTI.
Thus, he suggested, one of the focus areas of the Board over the next few years would be to reduce administrative costs by up to ₹10 crore per annum, while many cost-cutting initiatives are already on the anvil.
“In my opinion, the thrust areas of the Board relating to the tea industry should be on exports through incentivisation of exportable variants of tea, like orthodox, organic and speciality teas.”
The Board should attempt to get the incentive for production of such variants tripled from the present level, he said.
Increasing domestic consumption through generic promotion of tea should also be considered as a priority area, Bezbaruah, the second time non-executive chairman, said.
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