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Bharat tea auction to be set aside: Back to old system after industry faces losses (www.telegraphindia.com)

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On Monday, the Tea Board issued a letter to the auction centres and stakeholders, saying that at a meeting held with Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal with the stakeholders on September 22, in Delhi, 'instruction was passed to bring in practices of the erstwhile English Auction model'

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[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

“The decision to replace the old English system with the new system was yet another obstinate act by the BJP government to promote the term “Bharat.” They have spent government money to launch the new system, and now are wanting to get back to the old system. Government funds were spent on (something with) no use, while the tea industry also suffered losses. Such practices have to stop,”