Representations Received Declaring Tea as National Drink.

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..... Representations Received Declaring Tea as National Drink. - News and Press Release Dated:- 16-5-2012 - News - Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Commerce Industry .....

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..... 16-May-2012 15:42 IST Representations Received Declaring Tea as National Drink The representation received from the joint forum of Assam Tea Planters Association (ATPA), North Eastern Tea Ass .....

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..... ociation (NETA) and Bharatiya Cha Parishad (BCP) has appealed for declaring tea as a national drink of India as it is consumed by large sections of people and this would also contribute to its brand b .....

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..... uilding exercise. There is no fixed criteria for according national status to any particular product/commodity. However, a proposal to declare tea as the national drink of India was earlier examined d .....

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..... uring 2006 in consultation with the Central Ministries/Departments concerned and the States/UTs. The matter was not pursued further as objections were raised by some of the State Governments and it wa .....

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..... s felt that coffee is a competing beverage and both have respective market shares and declaring one particular beverage as a national drink will likely be at the cost of the other. This informatio .....

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..... n was given by the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today. DS/GK - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India .....

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..... - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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