Summary
The Tea Development & Promotion Scheme, running from 2023-2024 to 2025-2026, aims to support small tea growers by offering incentives like FPO/SHG creation, funding for mini factories, soil testing, and capacity building.
Tea Development & Promotion Scheme for Small Growers
Highlights
Scheme Overview and Objectives
The Tea Development & Promotion Scheme (2023–2024 to 2025–2026) offers incentives to small tea growers to boost output, quality, value addition, and price realization. Key initiatives include the formation of farmer producer organizations (FPOs) and self-help groups (SHGs).
Key Support Areas
The scheme supports various aspects of tea farming, such as establishing new mini factories for orthodox, green, and speciality teas, facilitating soil testing, and enhancing knowledge through Farm Field Schools. It also provides common facilities like field mechanisation equipment, leaf carriage vehicles, leaf sheds, pruning machines, mechanical harvesters, and storage godowns.