Dibrugarh, Nov 7: A joint appeal made by India’s leading associations of tea planters and growers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to notify a minimum sustainable price (MSP) for green tea leaves has evoked mixed reactions from the tea industry.

The appeal, issued jointly by the Indian Tea Association (ITA), Tea Association of India (TAI), Assam Tea Planters Association (ATPA), and grower bodies including the Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Association (CISTA), All Assam Small Tea Growers Association (AASTGA), and All Bodoland Small Tea Growers Association (ABSTGA) through various media outlets, called for an MSP to safeguard the interests of tea growers. The advertisement accompanying the appeal clarified that no additional government support would be required once the MSP is d

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