As its known Assam tea industry is the backbone of the state’s economy. Due to the Covid pandemic there was huge impact in the industry, the industry had to lose its fluency.
On Thursday, Chief Minister of the state, Himanta Biswa Sarma have decided to disbursed Rs 63.05 crore as a financial incentive to 370 tea gardens in the state to help them mitigate the adverse impact of the pandemic during the disbursement programme held here.
“It is due to the tea industry’s huge impact on the economy of Assam that the state government formulated the Assam Tea Industry Special Incentive Scheme, 2020 to help the sector absorb some of the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.
Also, subsidy of Rs 10 per kg of orthodox and other special varieties of tea have been given, under the scheme.
