Overhaul of Commodity Boards

Subject – Economy

Context – Centre moves to overhaul commodity boards

Concept –

In what could completely overhaul the current structure governing cash crops such as tea, coffee, rubber and spices, the Union government has come out with draft Bills that propose to recast bodies such as the Tea Board of India and the Coffee Board and turn them into entities for branding and promotion of respective commodities.
The draft proposals, which have been placed in public domain for comments from stakeholders, seek to reconstitute the functions of the boards governing these commodities so as to enable them to act as facilitators for optimising the development and promotion of the industry.
The proposed draft envisages deleting archaic provisions and introducing new objectives/ functions/powers so that the board scan act as the facilitator for optimising the development, promotion and research in the industry.

To know about Tea and Tea Board of India, please refer October 2021 DPN.

To know about Coffee and Coffee Board of India, please refer September 2021 DPN.