Bonjour, new guests from small-town India
Puneet Dhawan of Accor is brimming with ideas on ways to revive the hospitality sector
The Tea Board has fixed ₹13/kg as the district average price for the green leaf to be purchased by bought-leaf factories from small growers in the Nilgiris throughout January.
“All bought-leaf factories have been instructed to pay this price while buying green leaf till January 31. We have instructed all our field officials to ensure that no factory in their jurisdiction pays less than this price,” said Tea Board Deputy Director CS Hariprakash.
Highest price
This is the highest price in the last six months after ₹14 in June 2016. The price was ₹12 in July, ₹11.50 in August, ₹11 in September and October, and ₹12.50 in November and December. Meanwhile, bought-leaf factories are facing a production crunch due to the winter and the festival season in the Nilgiris.
The winter has been harsh for over a month with night temperature crashing to single digits.
The Nilgiris is now celebrating Hethaiamman festival, the major festival of the Badaga, the predominant local community in the district. The Tamil Nadu government had declared a local holiday on January 3. However, the festival is being celebrated in various parts of the district almost for one month.
Consequently, tea plucking activity has been affected, as workers and small growers have been going from one place to other celebrating the festival.
Puneet Dhawan of Accor is brimming with ideas on ways to revive the hospitality sector
Citroen’s first vehicle sports a novel design and European interiors. It is also meant to be as comfortable as ...
The pandemic is only the tip of the iceberg that the country’s cash-poor airlines — both regional and national ...
The government is yet to specify the framework of its recently announced old vehicle scrappage policy
This Women’s Day, we discuss the features of a few financial products that aim to help you save, get insured ...
Sensex, Nifty 50 make a strong bounce-back, but test resistances
Avenue Supermarts (₹3,286.1): Makes fresh all-time highIn October last year, the stock of Avenue Supermarts ...
The exchange-traded fund ticks all boxes as an efficient tool to track gold prices
A cop, a poet, a wedding planner, an outraged wife: On International Women’s Day, a look at diverse stories ...
India’s privacy law must balance the rights of children with online safety
Muriel has put our names down on a list to get the Covid-19 vaccination because — hurrah! — the age limit has ...
They are the health warriors who battled the Covid-19 pandemic on the ground, and are now the face of the ...
Comfort, convenience, value, safety — and not necessarily the colour pink — but do brands deliver?
Why and how marketers have used camels, and left us thirsting for more
Start-up SALT wants to break feminine stereotypes around money, and is asking women to reassert agency
It’s that time of year again when brands suddenly start paying obeisance to women power. From sentimental to ...
Three years after its inception, compliance with GST procedures remains a headache for exporters, job workers ...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies are altering the prospects for wooden toys of ...
Aequs Aerospace to create space for large-scale manufacture of toys at Koppal
And it has every reason to smile. Covid-19 has triggered a consumer shift towards branded products as ...
Please Email the Editor