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Factories pay less for leaves, Kundha tea planters protest

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December 24, 2024

CONDEMNING tea factories for paying ₹3 less per kg than the committee-fixed price of ₹24.59 for green tea leaves, small plantation owners in Kundha launched a strike on Monday. The planters also did not send leaves that have already been plucked to eight tea factories.

"In October, MSME Minister TM Anbarasan assured that green tea leaves would be procured as per the committee fixed price but till date it has not been implemented," said Manjai V Mohan, founder of Badagesa Party which is supporting the prote

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