He advised TTDC to make it financially profitable with specific plans
IH News Desk
AGARTALA, December 04, 2025: Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha has advised Tripura Tea Development Corporation (TTDC) to make it financially profitable and adopt specific plans for employment generation. In the review meeting of the TTTDC at the Secretariat Thursday, the Chief Minister took note of the progress of the Corporation's work and said that Tripura tea is not inferior in taste and aroma.
He said that it is necessary to maintain the natural qualities of tea and take marketing initiatives through wide publicity and promotion. It is possible to earn more profit by marketing Tripura tea in those states of the country where tea is not produced.
In order to further expand Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for “vocal for local,” the Chief Minister wanted for the utilisation of the state's tea industry products within the state.
Secretary Kiran Gitte informed that annual tea production in the state in 2024 is 90 lakh kg in Tripura. There are 5 tea gardens under the Tea Development Corporation, 13 run by cooperatives, and 36 privately owned tea gardens in the state. The number of small tea farmers is 2,800.
Various initiatives have been taken to improve the living standards of tea garden workers under the Chief Minister's Tea Workers Welfare Scheme.
The daily wage of tea workers has been increased from Rs 105 to Rs 204. The upgrading work of the Brahmakund Tea Processing Center has been completed.
A small tea processing factory has been set up in the Machmara Estate.
In the review meeting, Minister of Industries and Commerce, Secretary Kiran Gitte, Chairman of Tripura Tea Development Corporation Sameer Ranjan Ghosh, Chief Secretary JK Sinha, Secretary to the Chief Minister Dr PK Chakraborty, Secretary of the Finance Department Apurba Roy and Managing Director of Tripura Tea Development Corporation Subrata Kumar Das participated in the discussion.
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