DIBRUGARH, April 5 � The head office of the Small Tea Grower�s Development Directorate proposed to be set up at Amolapatty here will be administered by about 103 personnel (sanctioned), which includes advisory panel, field development officers, factory advisory officers and office staff, Amal Rai Chaudhury, advisor to the directorate told The Assam Tribune.
�The first phase of the personnel recruitment process is over and the second phase is going on. The recruited personnel are undergoing training and will be deployed in the fields soon,� Chaudhury said. The head office here already has a deputy director, accounts officer and few other staff. Amal Rai Chaudhury appointed as an advisor in the month of November is presently functioning as the head of the newly created directorate.
It is envisaged that the proposed directorate would organize the swelling number of small tea growers in the state and take care of all the needs of the small growers. The directorate will facilitate formation of primary producer societies (self help groups), play a role of a mediator between the growers and bought leaf tea factories, provide professional tea cultivation training to growers� groups to set up their own tea manufacturing units, and offer other need-based support and guidance to protect and develop the unorganized sector. Growers� societies seeking to establish their own factories can avail 40 per cent subsidy from the Tea Board of India. The directorate will also issue biometric identity cards to all growers that would enable them to avail benefits from the Tea Board.
DIBRUGARH, April 5 � The head office of the Small Tea Grower�s Development Directorate proposed to be set up at Amolapatty here will be administered by about 103 personnel (sanctioned), which includes advisory panel, field development officers, factory advisory officers and office staff, Amal Rai Chaudhury, advisor to the directorate told The Assam Tribune.
�The first phase of the personnel recruitment process is over and the second phase is going on. The recruited personnel are undergoing training and will be deployed in the fields soon,� Chaudhury said. The head office here already has a deputy director, accounts officer and few other staff. Amal Rai Chaudhury appointed as an advisor in the month of November is presently functioning as the head of the newly created directorate.
It is envisaged that the proposed directorate would organize the swelling number of small tea growers in the state and take care of all the needs of the small growers. The directorate will facilitate formation of primary producer societies (self help groups), play a role of a mediator between the growers and bought leaf tea factories, provide professional tea cultivation training to growers� groups to set up their own tea manufacturing units, and offer other need-based support and guidance to protect and develop the unorganized sector. Growers� societies seeking to establish their own factories can avail 40 per cent subsidy from the Tea Board of India. The directorate will also issue biometric identity cards to all growers that would enable them to avail benefits from the Tea Board.
