Agartala, Sep 27, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, Sept 27: The Tripura government’s demand for a tea auction centre in the state is likely to be fulfilled soon.

On Tuesday, an important meeting and an interactive session for the proposed tea auction centre were held between the officials of the Tripura government and the Tea Board of India.

The interactive meeting was initiated by the Department of Industries and Commerce in collaboration with the Tea Board of India and Tripura Tea Development Corporation.

In the meeting held at the State Guest House, there were assurances of extending cooperation from both ends for setting up the tea auction centre, according to a government press release.

A good number of Tea sellers from Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Jorhat and Tripura joined the meeting along with the officials of TTDC and Tea Board of India.

Taking part in the discussions, Secretary of Industries and Commerce department Abhishek Chandra laid emphasize on establishing an auction centre for marketing of the state’s tea. He also assured that the state government would extend full cooperation in this regard.

In the meeting, discussions were also held on e-auction, e-procurement, e-marketplace and e-selling. 

Speaking to the media, Tripura Tea Board chairman Santosh Saha said, the meeting was initiated to explore the possibilities of tea auction centre in the state.

He said, today (Tuesday) is a big day for the Tripura tea industry. 

He said, the tea sellers, buyers and brokers placed their opinion and advice during the meeting while the representatives of the Tea Board of India also mentioned about necessary cooperation.

At the beginning of the interactive session, Tea Board of India’s Controller of Licensing Rajanigandha Sil Naskar highlighted the details of Tripura tea industry through a power point presentation.

Executive Director of Tea Board of India’s North East regional office- Arunita Phukan Yadav, Deputy Director Kamala Chandra Baishya and other officials were present in the meeting.