The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) on February 26, 2024 published the Tea (Marketing) Control (Amendment) Order, 2024 to further amend the Tea (Marketing) Control Order, 2003.
This shall come into effect on April 01, 2024.
The following has been amended namely: -
• It states that in the in paragraph 21 which states "Sale of tea through public auctions" for sub-paragraph (1), the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-
(1) Every registered tea manufacturer shall, on and from the date of commencement of the Tea (Marketing) Control (Amendment) Order, 2024, sell-
(i) not less than fifty percent. of total tea manufactured in a calendar year, excluding tea mentioned in clause (ii) and
(ii) one hundred percent. of dust grades tea manufactured in a calendar year in its manufacturing units located in the geographical area of States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, through public tea auctions, held under the control of organizer of tea auction licensed to do so under this order:
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to a Mini Tea Factory.
[Notification No. S.O. 854(E)]
