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Sarma stated on X, “Today in Mumbai, I had an excellent discussion with Mr. Dev Bajpai of Hindustan Unilever Limited & Mr. Prashant Mehta and Mr Saurav Sharma of Lilavati Medical Trust. Assam is looking forward to new investment opportunities by HUL including enhanced value addition to our tea industry. We anticipate an enthusiastic participation by Lilavati Trust in the State’s healthcare sector.”
Sarma early this month said that within one month and without any investment summit Assam has secured Rs 80,000 Crore investment.
Sarma said, “Today, within 1 month, without any investment summit, Assam has secured about 80,000 cr of investment. This has only been possible due to Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri@narendramodiji’s relentless focus on Assam”.
Recently HUL announced its partnership with the Tea Research Association (TRA), Tocklai, Jorhat, one of the oldest and largest tea research associations globally, to address the challenges posed by climate change to the tea industry.
HUL is one of the leading manufacturers of tea with brands such as Brooke Bond Red Label, Taj Mahal, and Taaza in its Foods & Refreshment portfolio. Through this collaboration, HUL aims to improve the resilience and sustainability of the tea industry by promoting regenerative agricultural practices.
Various factors like the sensitive nature of the tea crop, local weather patterns, and changes due to uneven rainfall, water, soil erosion, etc. can lead to challenges in growing the crop. HUL, along with TRA, will conduct a detailed ‘Life Cycle Analysis’ for Indian tea and will devise strategies that can help reduce carbon impact across the value chain. Based on the data, the partnership will work with experts to develop suitable mitigation and adaptation strategies that can be implemented across the Tea industry.
Through this study, relevant information and data will also be made available for policymakers to support their understanding of the nuances and create enabling policies to support the transition towards a sustainable, low-carbon production system. The tea industry is already seeing the social, environmental, and economic impacts of climate change. While several climate change adaptation measures have been implemented using private and public finance, the mitigation space remains largely untouched.
Currently, the scope of the project aims to cover 19 tea estates/factories and 19 small tea growers covering all the major tea-growing regions of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka. The project aims to benefit around 15,000 hectares of land.
With this new partnership, HUL seeks to not only support the tea industry in India, but also ensure that the tea it manufactures is good for the consumers, planet, and communities who depend on the tea value chain.
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