Government of India has decided to scrap old the old regulations which were used to govern the cash crops like tea and coffee. The new legislation would restructure the exiting boards and act as facilitators from now on. Tea Act 1953 and Coffee Act 1942 will be repealed with new acts and regulations.
Tea board through a notice on their website stated “After more than 68 years, some of the existing provisions of the Tea Act, 1953 have become redundant by efflux of time for which it has been proposed to bring a new Act in place of the present Act under which Tea Board will act as a facilitator for the benefit of tea industry.”