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00:00I don't understand why Nepal's tea is not stopping.
00:03We have also given them a solution.
00:05If Nepal's tea comes to India through a proper channel,
00:08through a new auction system,
00:10only Nepal's tea,
00:12then we will know everything from them.
00:14How much Nepal's tea is coming?
00:16Where is its traceability being sold?
00:18Who is buying it?
00:20At what rate is it being sold?
00:22And the biggest thing is its FSSI testing.
00:24Today, if tea comes from the auction,
00:26then it will be able to test every lot.
00:29And it can be found that
00:31the tea of good quality is sold.
00:34The tea of poor quality is not sold.
00:37Sir, how much percentage is being damaged by Nepal's tea?
00:40Nepal's tea is the main thing.
00:42The figures that have come from there,
00:44approximately 15 to 16 million kilos of tea has been imported.
00:48But more than quantity, it is a matter of sentiment.
00:51If a bad tea comes from there and sells cheaply,
00:54then the sentiment of the Indian tea market gets spoiled.
00:56Sir, how much is the total production of Indian tea?
01:00And how much is the share of North East and especially North Bengal?
01:03In North Bengal, approximately 450 million kilos of tea is produced in a year.
01:08And in the whole of India,
01:10the figures that have come so far,
01:12110 million kilos of tea are short.
01:15Last year, our overall production for the whole year of All India was 1393 million.
01:20This year, it has come to 1255-1260 million.
01:24So, the production is less than last year.
01:26And in the beginning, the price was also high.
01:28But the price that has fallen in the last year,
01:31Rs. 100, has broken the back of the seller.
01:54When will the labourers and staffs come to work?
01:57Another thing is that,
01:59at this time, there is a shortage of good tea leaves in North Bengal.
02:06Yes.
02:07So, they have to sit.
02:09And in this way, water is being supplied.
02:11Water is being supplied to Thargana.
02:13Everyone is working together.
02:15I have seen a picture of you there.
02:18Yes.
02:19Last year, there was a shortage of good tea leaves.
02:21Now, there is a shortage of good tea leaves.
02:23I have seen a picture of you there.
02:29I have seen a picture of you there.
02:37I have seen a picture of you there.
02:40Sir, what is the condition of the tea gardens?
02:42This year, the tea gardens are in a very bad position.
02:47Earlier, it was bad.
02:49But this time, the government has come up with a decision,
02:53that the tea gardens will be shut down on 30th November.
02:57So, all the planters of Dwars, even Assam,
03:01have shut down the tea gardens on 30th November.
03:04They have given one or two days to manufacture the tea.
03:08But this time, the climate change was such that,
03:11in the beginning, the temperature was 42 degrees.
03:15It was the highest temperature in North Bengal.
03:19And this continued.
03:21The plants died.
03:23And after that, when it rained,
03:25it continued for 20 to 25 days.
03:27So, what happened was,
03:29the chemical that was supposed to be given,
03:31even if it was given, it was washed away.
03:34So, new diseases were born.
03:37One was lupus, heliopatics,
03:42and now there is a new disease, Fusarium.
03:45The plant turns black.
03:47After breaking the leaf, there is no growth.
03:49So, due to this, in July and August,
03:53there was a lot of crop loss.
03:55Almost all the tea gardens,
03:5715 to 20 percent,
03:59some are even 25 to 30 percent behind.
04:01Despite that, the tea board directive came.
04:04It's a good thing.
04:05It's a good thing that they gave the directive.
04:07We would have said,
04:08they should have given the directive earlier.
04:10But our expenses,
04:12the government's expenses,
04:14our staff, labour's expenses,
04:16if they had given it,
04:17we would have closed the gardens three months ago.
04:19But this kind of decision,
04:21a one-sided decision,
04:22the chief minister of Assam,
04:24or the producer of Assam,
04:25would have said that
04:26closing the gardens on 30th November,
04:29and in the climate of Assam,
04:31and in the climate of Doha,
04:32there is a difference of 15 days.
04:33If they had not closed the gardens on 30th November,
04:37they would have done it on 15th December as well.
04:40But if they had done it on 15th September,
04:42the gardens would not have been covered.
04:45After Pooja, the leaves came out really well.
04:49I will send you a photo,
04:50you can see it.
04:51I am cutting the leaves and throwing them away.
04:53I am crying.
04:54Such good leaves had never come in the season.
04:56And we have to cut the leaves and throw them away.