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Bezbaruah reappointed as Chairman of Tea Board
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The Ministry of Commerce and Industries has approved the re-appointment of P K Bezbaruah as the Chairman of Tea Board for a second tenure. He was the first non-IAS chairman of the Tea Board.
Highlights of his First Tenure He has been urging the Indian Tea Industry to explore export opportunities in the vast Chinese market. He was instrumental in initiating a revamp of the old electronic auctioning system in association with the IIM Bengaluru.
Tea Board
The origin of the Tea Board can be traced to 1903 when the Indian Tea Cess Bill was passed to provide for levying a cess on tea exports.
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